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#49265 - 12/17/02 06:05 PM
Violation or not?
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Anonymous
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Is there any regulation under Truth In Lending, or any other regulation, that says a consumer must sign and date an application for a consumer loan purpose? I have just completed a branch audit and found a few applications where the customer did not sign or date the application. Should I site them with a violation or not?
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#49266 - 12/17/02 06:12 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Milwaukee, WI
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If the customer didn't sign the application, couldn't they come back and say this contract is null and void, I didn't agree to it?
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#49267 - 12/17/02 06:14 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Look at Reg B 202.5(e) If the loan was not related to a dwelling purchase or refinance, a written application is not required.
If the loan was not related to the purchase or refinance of a dwelling you should not write them up for a reg violation, however it may be an internal loan policy requirement.
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#49268 - 12/17/02 06:24 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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One reason is :
The application is supposed to present a snapshot of the borrowers financial condition at a specific date in time. The credit desision is based in part on what the application says. The signature confirms the borrower has told the truth.
Without a signature or date you cannot contest a bankruptcy along the lines that the customer presented an untruthful picture of their financial condition on the date indicated on the application, and had they been truthful you would not have made the loan.
Read what your borrower is attesting to by signing the application. In many cases the wording gives the bank an OK to run credit checks.
I have seen judges deny a judgement to the bank because the application was not date or signed
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#49270 - 12/17/02 06:43 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Anonymous
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Our policy is to have applications signed and dated. If they are not, loan review send them back to be signed and dated. By signing the consumer is confirming the information given on the applicationa dn giving permission to run a credit check and review any items therein.
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#49271 - 12/17/02 06:47 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Joined: Jun 2002
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Midwest
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Except as noted for the home mortgage application, no reg requires the application be signed.
However, it's a good practice for this crucial issue: What if the loan is granted and the borrower files bankruptcy shortly thereafter? If you have a signed application from that person you have a stronger case to have the discharge set aside if the application is fraudulent than if the application was not signed.
Good practice to have them signed but no reg violation if they aren't.
Last edited by Steve White; 12/17/02 06:48 PM.
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#49272 - 12/17/02 06:58 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Anon's question was if there was any reg that requires a completed and signed application, and if he should write up the files for reg violations. To the best of my konwledge there is not except for the requirements in 202.5(e) and the requirement of a "purpose statement" of loans >=$10k, under BSA.
Written and signed applications may be required by your internal loan policies for the very good reasons mentioned above (our bank also requires written and signed applications), but unless they are for the purchase or refinancing of a dwelling, they are not required by the regs.
So the answer remains the same, no there is no reg that requires the application except under the reqirements of 202.5(e), and no they should not be written up for a reg violation.
If Anon's loan policy requires written applications, then by all means they should be corrected to adhere to the loan policy and he should write them up for a loan policy violation, but not a reg vioaltion.
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#49273 - 12/17/02 07:20 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Dan,
I concur and I find it interesting that there was a common thread in some of the responses that they get a customer signature to "give permission to run a credit report to make a decision". Under the FCRA, you do not need written permission to pull a credit report if you intend to use the information in connection with a credit transaction.
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#49276 - 12/17/02 08:20 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Our state regulator in Texas requires a signed and dated application. Therefore, if you are state chartered you need to check the documentation requirements of the state banking department.
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#49277 - 12/17/02 08:31 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Since I'm relatively new to Texas - can you give me a citation for that requirement.
Thanks,
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#49278 - 12/17/02 08:46 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Anonymous
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I am from VA. Does anyone know if this is a requirement in VA? Or can you tell me where to look?
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#49281 - 12/20/02 02:58 PM
Re: Violation or not?
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Virginia has no requirements regarding signed applications.
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