While in the legislature, Rep. David Law has been in the forefront when it comes to protecting children and families. As your next prosecutor, Rep. Law will continue to fight vigorously for your family. In addition to the House Bills mentioned under “Law for Children & Law for Justice”, Rep. Law envisions adding an increased emphasis on fighting mortgage fraud within the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office. There has been a growing mortgage fraud problem and the Prosecutor’s Office can work with police to aggressively prosecute these cases. Rep. Law has teamed up with his colleagues in Lansing to implement the following bills regarding mortgage fraud.
House Bill 6432 & 6436 – Sponsored by Rep. Fran Amos
HB 6432 would amend the Penal Code to provide a definition of the crime of residential mortgage fraud. HB 6436 would amend the Michigan Consumer Protection Act to add committing residential mortgage fraud to the list of unfair, unconscionable, or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of trade or commerce.
House Bill 6433 – Sponsored by Rep. John Pastor
HB 6433 would amend the Code of Criminal Procedures to add residential mortgage to the sentencing guidelines for felonies.
House Bill 6434 – Sponsored by Rep. Jim Marleau
HB 6434 would amend the Occupational Code to prohibit a real estate appraiser from developing an appraisal for a real estate-related financial transaction based on a client's precondition about the appraisal's outcome.
House Bill 6435 – Sponsored by Rep. Tom Casperson
HB 6435 would amend the Mortgage Brokers, Lenders, and Servicers Licensing Act to prohibit a professional regulated under the act from coercing or inducing a real estate appraiser to inflate the value of real property used as collateral for a mortgage loan.
While in the legislature, Rep. David Law has been in the forefront when it comes to protecting children and families. As your next prosecutor, Rep. Law will continue to fight vigorously for your family. In addition to the House Bills mentioned under “Law for Children & Law for Justice”, Rep. Law envisions adding an increased emphasis on fighting mortgage fraud within the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office. There has been a growing mortgage fraud problem and the Prosecutor’s Office can work with police to aggressively prosecute these cases. Rep. Law has teamed up with his colleagues in Lansing to implement the following bills regarding mortgage fraud.