Which distressed loan notice is sent before a qualified lender may act to protect collateral it fears is at risk?
None. Regardless of whether the collateral is real estate or chattel, when there is a reasonable basis for believing collateral is at risk, a qualified lender does not have to send a distressed loan notice before taking legal action to protect the collateral for a loan. While the qualified lender does not have to provide a distressed loan notice before acting to protect the at-risk collateral, it must still send a distressed loan notice at the same time, or immediately after, it acts to protect the collateral. There is only one exception to this requirement: when the entire debt must be foreclosed upon to protect the collateral.