(a) If the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the servicing of a student loan results in a change in the identity of the party to whom the borrower is required to send payments or direct any communications concerning the student loan the licensee shall notify the borrower in writing at least 15 days before the borrower is required to send a payment on the student loan of all of the following:
(1) The identity of the new student loan servicer and the number of the license of the new student loan servicer issued by the commissioner.
(2) The name and address of the new student loan servicer to whom subsequent payments or communications are required to be sent.
(3) The telephone numbers and Internet Web sites of the new student loan servicer.
(4) The effective date of the sale, assignment, or transfer.
(5) The date on which the licensee, as the current student loan servicer, will stop accepting payments on the borrower’s student loan.
(6) The date on which the new student loan servicer will begin accepting payments on the borrower’s student loan.
(b) A licensee shall transfer all information regarding a borrower, a borrower’s account, and a borrower’s student loan to the new licensee servicing the borrower’s student loan within 45 calendar days.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 824, Sec. 2. (AB 2251) Effective January 1, 2017. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 28182.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018