The Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA), Section 8 violation that refers to a person...

The correct RESPA Section 8 term is kickback. RESPA prohibits giving or accepting any fee, kickback, or thing of value under an agreement or understanding that settlement-service business will be referred. “Required use” is a separate RESPA concept involving conditioning access to a service or property on use of a particular settlement-service provider. Conversion is wrongful control over another’s property or funds, not the RESPA referral-fee violation. Bundled services describes grouped services but is not the statutory violation described here. In title and settlement practice, referral payments are heavily regulated because they can distort consumer choice and settlement costs. The Pennsylvania title outline includes RESPA under settlement and closing procedures.