What is the name of your state? MA Hello, just a question. I refinanced the other day. I know I had a prepayment penalty. when the bank sent the payoff amount, they didn't include it. Now I have a bit of extra money.(not really, I would like to pay off my timeshare, that would be great) The lawyer that came to my home said there was a new law and that in Ma they did away with these. But, I took my last refi in Oct 03, mainly to pay my X some equity. So, am I going to get a bill in the next few months? When will I know that the money is mine? When I get the discharge of mortgage? AND, if so, how long does this usually take? I tried to find the MA law on the net to no avail....Thanks in advance, I could really use this money since I was short in the cash back to borrower, and my mortgage went up again of course