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It outlines how mortgagors may request payoff statements, the lender or servicer’s duty to deliver an accurate written payoff letter within statutory timelines, and post-payment obligations for recorded satisfaction and notice to the borrower. 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The request may also be made by other authorized persons, including a record title owner or a fiduciary or trustee acting for the owner.","Answer",{"name":112,"@type":107,"acceptedAnswer":113},"What timelines does Florida law require for delivering a mortgage payoff letter?",{"text":114,"@type":110},"Florida law requires the lender or servicer to deliver a mortgage payoff letter within 14 days after receipt of a written request. The bill summary indicates CS/CS/HB 353 would reduce this timeframe from 14 days to 10 days.",{"name":116,"@type":107,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How do disclaimers in payoff letters affect transactions and obligations?",{"text":118,"@type":110},"Disclaimer language can cause delays in the real estate market and may lead to discrepancies in amounts owed. 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BILLS: HB 335, CS/SB 1016  \n\n| REFERENCE | ACTION | ANALYST | STAFF DIRECTOR or BUDGET/POLICY CHIEF |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1) Insurance & Banking Subcommittee | 16 Y, 0 N, As CS | Hinshelwood | Luczynski |\n| 2) Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee | 17 Y, 0 N, As CS | Mathews | Jones |\n| 3) Commerce Committee |  |  |  |\n\nSUMMARY ANALYSIS  \nA mortgage payoff letter may be requested by a mortgagor who is selling the property that is collateral for the mortgage loan, refinancing the mortgage loan, or paying off the mortgage loan. Florida law requires that a mortgage lender or servicer deliver to the requestor, within 14 days after receipt of a written request, a mortgage payoff letter with the unpaid balance of the loan. When a mortgage loan has been fully paid, the mortgage lender or servicer must execute in writing an instrument acknowledging satisfaction of the mortgage and have the instrument acknowledged and duly entered in the official records of the proper county. Within 60 days after receiving full payment of the mortgage loan, the mortgage lender or servicer must send the borrower the recorded satisfaction.  \nA mortgage payoff letter may sometimes include language reserving the mortgage servicer’s or lender’s right to change the amounts listed in the payoff letter and disclaiming the reliance of others on the payoff letter. In the event that the mortgage lender or servicer determines after sending the mortgage payoff letter that the borrower owes additional money, the mortgage lender or servicer may sometimes return the funds received from the closing which were sent in reliance on the amount stated in the mortgage payoff letter. In turn, this may cause continued accrual of interest and potential fees during the pendency of resolving the discrepancy in the amount owed. Further, as long asthe discrepancy or dispute remains unresolved , there may not be clear title to the property.  \nCS/CS/HB 353:  \n􀁸 Includes legislative findings that a mortgage payoff letter’s accuracy and timeliness are critical, and that the addition of disclaimer language within such letters creates unnecessary delays within the real estate market.  \n􀁸 Reduces from 14 days to 10 days the timeframe within which a lender or servicer must send a requested mortgage payoff letter.  \n􀁸 Standardizes the contents of the mortgage payoff letter as to all of the authorized requestors.  \n􀁸 Prohibits the lender or servicer from qualifying, reserving the right to change, or conditioning or disclaiming the reliance of others on the information provided in a mortgage payoff letter; and provides that any attempt to do so is void and unenforceable.  \n􀁸 Allows the lender or mortgage servicer to send a corrected mortgage payoff letter superseding a prior payoff letter so long as the corrected payoff letter is received by the end of normal business hours at least one business day before payment is made in reliance on the payoff letter.  \n􀁸 Prohibits the lender or servicer from denying the accuracy of the mortgage payoff letter against any person who relied on it.  \n􀁸 Requires the lender or servicer to promptly apply a payment received in reliance on the payoff letter.  \n􀁸 Specifies the process by which a mortgage payoff letter may be requested and sent.  \n􀁸 Requires the lender or servicer, within 60 days after the mortgage loan has been paid pursuant to the mortgage payoff letter, to execute, have duly entered in the official records of the proper county, and send to the mortgagor or record title owner an instrument acknowledging satisfaction of the mortgage.  \nThe bill has no fiscal impact on state and local governments and an indeterminate fiscal impact on the private sector.  \nThe bill provides an effective date of October 1, 2022 , and state","cbCaitodUmAZFvQI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitodUmAZFvQI","pdf",179808,"English","# SUMMARY ANALYSIS\n## Proposed changes in CS/CS/HB 353\n# FULL ANALYSIS\n## Substantive analysis\n### Effect of proposed changes\n#### Background\n##### Estoppel letters\n##### Mortgage payoff letters","[{\"question\":\"What triggers a request for a mortgage payoff letter in Florida?\",\"answer\":\"A mortgagor may request a mortgage payoff letter when selling the mortgaged property, refinancing the mortgage, or paying off the mortgage loan. The request may also be made by other authorized persons, including a record title owner or a fiduciary or trustee acting for the owner.\"},{\"question\":\"What timelines does Florida law require for delivering a mortgage payoff letter?\",\"answer\":\"Florida law requires the lender or servicer to deliver a mortgage payoff letter within 14 days after receipt of a written request. The bill summary indicates CS/CS/HB 353 would reduce this timeframe from 14 days to 10 days.\"},{\"question\":\"How do disclaimers in payoff letters affect transactions and obligations?\",\"answer\":\"Disclaimer language can cause delays in the real estate market and may lead to discrepancies in amounts owed. If additional money is later determined to be owed, interest and potential fees may continue to accrue, and clear title may not be achieved until the discrepancy is resolved.\"}]","CS/CS/HB 353 Mortgage Payoff Letters - Staff Analysis | PDF",1789567113]