Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 1649


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1649. Certain limitations on liability

    (a) Limitations on liability
      For any closed end consumer credit transaction that is secured by
    real property or a dwelling, that is subject to this subchapter,
    and that is consummated before September 30, 1995, a creditor or
    any assignee of a creditor shall have no civil, administrative, or
    criminal liability under this subchapter for, and a consumer shall
    have no extended rescission rights under section 1635(f) of this
    title with respect to - 
        (1) the creditor's treatment, for disclosure purposes, of - 
          (A) taxes described in section 1605(d)(3) of this title;
          (B) fees described in section 1605(e)(2) and (5) of this
        title;
          (C) fees and amounts referred to in the 3rd sentence of
        section 1605(a) of this title; or
          (D) borrower-paid mortgage broker fees referred to in section
        1605(a)(6) of this title;

        (2) the form of written notice used by the creditor to inform
      the obligor of the rights of the obligor under section 1635 of
      this title if the creditor provided the obligor with a properly
      dated form of written notice published and adopted by the Board
      or a comparable written notice, and otherwise complied with all
      the requirements of this section regarding notice; or
        (3) any disclosure relating to the finance charge imposed with
      respect to the transaction if the amount or percentage actually
      disclosed - 
          (A) may be treated as accurate for purposes of this
        subchapter if the amount disclosed as the finance charge does
        not vary from the actual finance charge by more than $200;
          (B) may, under section 1605(f)(2) of this title, be treated
        as accurate for purposes of section 1635 of this title; or
          (C) is greater than the amount or percentage required to be
        disclosed under this subchapter.
    (b) Exceptions
      Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to - 
        (1) any individual action or counterclaim brought under this
      subchapter which was filed before June 1, 1995;
        (2) any class action brought under this subchapter for which a
      final order certifying a class was entered before January 1,
      1995;
        (3) the named individual plaintiffs in any class action brought
      under this subchapter which was filed before June 1, 1995; or
        (4) any consumer credit transaction with respect to which a
      timely notice of rescission was sent to the creditor before June
      1, 1995.



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