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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-606.1" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Loans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Conventional home mortgage loan” has the meaning stated in § 11–501 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Dwelling” has the meaning stated in § 11–501 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Shared appreciation agreement” has the meaning stated in § 11–501 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a conventional home mortgage loan that is not already required by law or regulation by the State or federal government to be assumable in connection with the granting of absolute divorce.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A credit union shall include in any conventional home mortgage loan a provision authorizing any of the existing borrowers to purchase the property interest of another borrower on the loan by assuming the seller’s portion of the mortgage if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The assumption is in connection with the granting of a decree of absolute divorce; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The credit union determines that the assuming borrower qualifies for the loan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A credit union shall disclose an assumption provision in any conventional home mortgage loan in writing to a loan applicant before the completion of the loan application.</text>
  </level>
</section>
