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2008 SESSION


CHAPTER 400
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 6.1-2.13:3, relating to the Wet Settlement Act; disclosure of appraisal charges.
[S 158]
Approved March 5, 2008

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 6.1-2.13:3 as follows:

§ 6.1-2.13:3. Disclosure of charges for appraisal or valuation using automated or other valuation mechanism.

Any lender providing a loan secured by a first deed of trust or mortgage on real estate containing not more than four residential dwelling units shall disclose on the settlement statement, as that term is defined in § 6.1-2.20, any fee charged to the borrower for an appraisal as that term is defined in § 54.1-2009, and any fee charged to the borrower for a valuation or opinion of value of the property prepared using an automated or other mechanism prepared by a person who is not licensed as an appraiser under Chapter 20.1 (§ 54.1-2009 et seq.) of Title 54.1.