§667-58 Valid notice; affiliate statement. (a) Any notices made pursuant to this chapter may be issued only by persons authorized by a foreclosing mortgagee or lender pursuant to an affiliate statement signed by that foreclosing mortgagee or lender and recorded at the bureau of conveyances identifying the agency or affiliate relationship and the authority granted or conferred to that agent or representative.

(b) The bureau of conveyances document number for the affiliate statement required under subsection (a) shall be included in any notice required to be personally served upon the mortgagor or borrower under this chapter.

(c) Any notice provided by a mortgage servicer, including an agent, employee, or representative of that mortgage servicer, shall be issued only by a mortgage servicer that has been listed in the affiliate statement filed by the foreclosing mortgagee or lender under subsection (a); provided further that the mortgage servicer shall be licensed under or otherwise exempt from chapter 454M. The agency relationship or affiliation of the mortgage servicer and the foreclosing mortgagee or lender and any authority granted or conferred to that mortgage servicer shall be described in the affiliate statement filed under both subsection (a) and section 454M-5(b)(5)(F).

(d) No attorney of a mortgage servicer, foreclosing mortgagee, or lender shall be required to be included in any affiliate statement of a foreclosing mortgagee or lender. No notice or other correspondence made by any attorney for the foreclosing mortgagee or lender shall be required to reference any affiliate statement made by the foreclosing mortgagee or lender. Any notice or other correspondence made by any attorney for a mortgage servicer shall reference, in accordance with subsection (b), the appropriate affiliate statement of the foreclosing mortgagee or lender authorizing the mortgage servicer to act. [L 2011, c 48, pt of §6; am L 2012, c 182, §32; am L 2015, c 62, §8]