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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-804" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Loans -- Finder's Fees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A mortgage broker may charge a finder’s fee not in excess of 8 percent of the amount of the loan or advance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to a finder’s fee, a mortgage broker may charge a borrower for the actual cost of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any appraisal, credit report, condominium document, or subordination agreement document obtained by the mortgage broker at the written request of the borrower; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other good or service, as specified in regulations adopted by the Commissioner, that is required to complete a loan application process and that, at the written request of the borrower, is paid by the mortgage broker to a third–party provider of the good or service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A mortgage broker obtaining a mortgage loan with respect to the same property more than once within a 24–month period may charge a finder’s fee if the fee is not in excess of 8% of the initial loan amount when combined with the finder’s fee charged on the initial loan and on any other finder’s fee collected during that 24–month period.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The provisions of this section do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The charging of fees and charges otherwise permitted under this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Attorney’s fees unless the attorney is functioning as a mortgage broker.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A mortgage broker may not charge a finder’s fee in any transaction in which the mortgage broker or an owner, part owner, partner, director, officer, or employee of the mortgage broker is the lender or an owner, part owner, partner, director, officer, or employee of the lender.</text>
  </level>
</section>
