{"identifier":"/us/usc/t12/s3802","title":12,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3802.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3802.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201calternative mortgage transaction\u201d means a loan or credit sale secured by an interest in residential real property, a dwelling, all stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation, or a residential manufactured home (as that term is defined in\nsection 5402(6) of title 42\n(2) the term \u201chousing creditor\u201d means\u2014\n(A) a depository institution, as defined in section 501(a)(2) of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980;\n(B) a lender approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for participation in any mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act [\n12 U.S.C. 1701\n(C) any person who regularly makes loans, credit sales, or advances secured by interests in properties referred to in paragraph (1); or\n(D) any transferee of any of them.\nA person is not a \u201chousing creditor\u201d with respect to a specific alternative mortgage transaction if, except for this chapter, in order to enter into that transaction, the person would be required to comply with licensing requirements imposed under State law, unless such person is licensed under applicable State law and such person remains, or becomes, subject to the applicable regulatory requirements and enforcement mechanisms provided by State law.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t12/s3802.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3802."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201calternative mortgage transaction\u201d means a loan or credit sale secured by an interest in residential real property, a dwelling, all stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation, or a residential manufactured home (as that term is defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5402(6) of title 42","href":"/us/usc/t42/s5402/6","tail":"), in which the interest rate or finance charge may be adjusted or renegotiated, described and defined by applicable regulation; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201chousing creditor\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a depository institution, as defined in section 501(a)(2) of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a lender approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for participation in any mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"12 U.S.C. 1701","href":"/us/usc/t12/s1701","tail":" et seq.];"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" any person who regularly makes loans, credit sales, or advances secured by interests in properties referred to in paragraph (1); or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t12/s3802/2/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" any transferee of any of them.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"A person is not a \u201chousing creditor\u201d with respect to a specific alternative mortgage transaction if, except for this chapter, in order to enter into that transaction, the person would be required to comply with licensing requirements imposed under State law, unless such person is licensed under applicable State law and such person remains, or becomes, subject to the applicable regulatory requirements and enforcement mechanisms provided by State law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}