2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 40 - TRADE AND COMMERCE
CHAPTER 23 - WYOMING RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE PRACTICES ACT
40-23-117. Prohibited practices.


WY Stat § 40-23-117 (2014) What's This?

40-23-117. Prohibited practices.

(a) No licensee or person required to have a license shall:

(i) Pay compensation to, contract with or employ in any manner, any person engaged in mortgage lending or brokering activities who is not properly licensed unless such person is exempt under W.S. 40-23-105;

(ii) Obtain any exclusive dealing or exclusive agency agreement from any borrower;

(iii) Delay closing of any residential mortgage loan for the purpose of increasing interest, costs, fees or charges payable by the borrower;

(iv) Accept any fees at closing which were not previously disclosed fully to the borrower;

(v) Obtain any agreement or instrument in which blanks are left to be filled in after execution;

(vi) Engage in any misrepresentation in connection with a residential mortgage loan;

(vii) Directly or indirectly make any statement regarding value, except that a copy of the sales contract for purchase transactions may be provided, or make or provide payment of any kind to any in-house or fee appraiser for the purpose of influencing the independent judgment of the appraiser with respect to the value of any real estate which is to be covered by a residential mortgage loan;

(viii) Make any false promises likely to influence or persuade, or pursue a course of misrepresentations and false promises through agents, solicitors, advertising or otherwise;

(ix) Misrepresent, circumvent or conceal any of the material particulars or the nature thereof, regarding a transaction to which it is a party;

(x) Enter into any agreement, with or without the payment of a fee, to fix in advance a particular interest rate or other term in a residential mortgage loan unless written confirmation of the agreement is delivered to the borrower.

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