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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-1027" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Credit Grantor Closed End Credit Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “lender’s inspection fee” means a fee imposed by a credit grantor to pay for a visual inspection of residential real property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a credit grantor may not impose a lender’s inspection fee in connection with a loan made to a consumer borrower that is secured by residential real property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A lender’s inspection fee may be imposed on a consumer borrower if the inspection is needed to ascertain completion of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Construction of a new home; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Repairs, alterations, or other work required by the credit grantor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not apply to an appraisal of the value of real property by a credit grantor or to fees imposed in connection with an appraisal.</text>
  </level>
</section>
