2007 Minnesota Statutes

51A.37 INVESTMENT IN LOANS.
    Subdivision 1. Generally. Every association shall have power to invest in loans and other
investments as set forth in this section.
    Subd. 2. Savings account loans. Loans secured by its savings accounts.
    Subd. 3. Real estate loans. Real estate loans in any amount, subject to the following
conditions:
(a) An association may participate with one or more financial institutions or other entities in
any real estate loan of the type in which the association is authorized to invest on its own account.
(b) The aggregate balances outstanding of real estate loans on real estate located outside
the primary lending area of an association shall at no time exceed ten percent of the assets of the
association, except that (1) loans insured or guaranteed in whole or in part by the United States, or
a federal agency and (2) loans in which an association owns or has purchased no more than a 75
percent participation interest are not subject to this restriction.
(c) Real estate loans on home property by mortgage or contract for deed, as provided in
paragraphs (a) and (b) with no limit on purchase or sale thereof; and may participate with other
lenders in the making, purchasing, or selling of the loans.
(d) An association may purchase, at any sheriff's, judicial, or other sale, public or private, any
real estate upon which it has a mortgage, judgment, or other lien, or in which it has any interest. It
may acquire title to any real estate on which it holds any lien, in full or part satisfaction thereof,
and may sell, convey, hold, lease, or mortgage the same. In transactions involving the purchase
by a vendee of real estate, an association may, when authorized by its bylaws, acquire the title
thereof, and it may give to the vendee a contract to convey the same as upon a sale thereof.
Provided, that no association shall hereafter invest more than 50 percent of its assets in such
contracts to convey. Upon default in the conditions of the contract, the association may terminate
the interest of the vendee or the vendee's representatives or assigns by serving the notice provided
by section 559.21, upon the vendee, or the vendee's representative or assigns.
    Subd. 4. Insurance policy loans. Loans secured by the pledge of policies of life insurance,
the assignment of which is properly acknowledged by the insurer.
    Subd. 5. Improvement loans. Property improvement loans made pursuant to the provisions
of any title of the National Housing Act, and, other loans, secured or unsecured, to home owners
and other property owners for the maintenance, repair, alteration, modernization, landscaping,
improvements, including new construction, furnishings, and equipment installed and intended for
use as part of the structure.
    Subd. 6. Manufactured home loans. Loans made for the purpose of manufactured home
financing, subject to any limitations as to maximum loan amount which may be prescribed by
rule of the commissioner for all associations. For the purposes of this subsection "manufactured
home" shall mean a movable accommodation or relocatable housing used or designed for use as
living quarters.
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1988 c 666 s 75]
    Subd. 8. Educational loans. Loans made for the payment of expenses of college or university
education but the aggregate of such loans shall not exceed five percent of the association's assets.
These loans may be secured, partially secured, or unsecured, and the association may require a
comaker or comakers, insurance, guarantee under a governmental loan guarantee plan, or other
protection against contingencies and subject to rules of the commissioner. The term "college or
university education" means education at an institution which awards a bachelor's degree or which
provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree.
    Subd. 9.[Repealed, 1988 c 666 s 75]
    Subd. 10. Consumer loans. Consumer loans.
    Subd. 11. Business loans. Loans to organizations and natural persons for business purposes.
    Subd. 12. Agricultural loans. Loans for agricultural purposes.
    Subd. 13. Loan to one borrower limits. (a) No mutual association shall make a loan to one
borrower if the sum of (1) the amount of the loan and (2) the total balances of all outstanding
loans owed to the association by the borrower exceeds an amount equal to ten percent of the
association's savings liability or an amount equal to the sum of the association's reserves for losses
and undivided profits, whichever amount is less, except that any such loan may be made if the
sum of clauses (1) and (2) does not exceed $500,000.
(b) No stock association shall make a loan to one borrower if the sum of (1) the amount of
the loan and (2) the total balances of all outstanding loans owed to the association by the borrower
exceeds an amount equal to ten percent of the association's savings liability or an amount equal to
the sum of the association's reserves for losses and capital and surplus, whichever amount is less,
except that any such loan may be made if the sum of clauses (1) and (2) does not exceed $500,000.
History: 1969 c 490 s 37; 1971 c 136 s 2; 1971 c 387 s 7; 1980 c 524 s 5; 1981 c 365 s
9; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 666 s 51-58; 1996 c 414 art 1 s 44; 1997 c 157 s 67;
1998 c 260 s 1