A. In addition to any other right under law to rescind a contract, an owner may rescind a foreclosure consulting contract until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the owner signs a foreclosure consulting contract that complies with the Mortgage Foreclosure Consultant Fraud Prevention Act.
B. Cancellation of a foreclosure consulting contract occurs when an owner gives written notice of cancellation to the foreclosure consultant at the address specified in the contract.
C. Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is effective when deposited in the mail properly addressed with postage prepaid.
D. Notice of cancellation given by an owner need not take the particular form as provided with the contract and, however expressed, is effective if it indicates the intention of the owner not to be bound by the contract.
History: Laws 2010, ch. 58, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2010, ch. 58 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2010, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Severability. — Laws 2010, ch. 58 § 9 provided if any provision of the Mortgage Foreclosure Consultant Fraud Prevention Act or the application of any of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional and void, the remainder of the Mortgage Foreclosure Consultant Fraud Prevention Act remains valid.