N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254-C

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553
Section 254-C - Right to a copy of real property appraisals and consumer reports in certain cases
1. Any lender who requires an applicant for a loan or forbearance, which is to be secured primarily by an interest in real property, to bear the cost of either an appraisal of said property or the cost of obtaining a consumer report subject to the provisions of article twenty-five of the general business law as a condition to the processing of the application or the granting of the loan or forbearance, shall, upon the written request of such applicant, provide to him a copy of said appraisal or consumer report as the case may be, at no additional cost.
2. "Lender" as used in this section shall mean and include any bank, trust company, national bank, savings bank, federal mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, federal savings and loan association, private banker, credit union, federal credit union, investment company, insurance company, pension fund, mortgage banker or any other entity.
3. If any provision of this section, or the application of such provision to any individual, company, corporation or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this section, and the application of such section to individuals, companies, corporations, or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254-C