Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
Section 6:1086 - Licensure requirementA. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, beginning on July 31, 2009, and unless otherwise exempt pursuant to this Chapter, no person shall engage in any residential mortgage lending activity in this state without first obtaining and maintaining annually the following: (1) A license and registration as a mortgage loan originator, or a license as a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer.B. Until July 31, 2010, the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to the following: (1) A person whose residential mortgage lending activities were not subject to the licensing requirements pursuant to this Chapter on July 30, 2009.(2) A person engaged in residential mortgage lending activities pursuant to an exemption provided by this Chapter on July 30, 2009.C. Beginning July 31, 2009, all persons to whom a license was issued and in effect pursuant to this Chapter on July 30, 2009, shall be required to meet all the requirements of this Chapter in order to obtain a renewal of a license issued pursuant to this Chapter.D. For purposes of Subsection A of this Section, a person shall not be considered to be engaged in residential mortgage lending activity in this state unless that person is regularly engaged in residential mortgage lending activity. This Subsection shall have no effect if the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau determines that the provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-289) do not allow an exception from coverage for those not so regularly engaged.Acts 1999, No. 1098, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 875, §1; Acts 2009, No. 522, §1, eff. July 31, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 199, §1, eff. May 22, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 260, §1, eff. June 30, 2014.Amended by Acts 2014, No. 260,s. 1, eff. 6/30/2014.Acts 1999, No. 1098, §1, eff. 7/9/1999; Acts 2003, No. 875, §1; Acts 2009, No. 522, §1, eff. 7/31/2009; Acts 2012, No. 199, §1, eff. 5/22/2012.