ORS 86A.106
Procedures for licensing

  • experience required
  • certification
  • surety bond or letter of credit
  • fees
  • rules

(1)

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule shall establish procedures for licensing mortgage bankers or mortgage brokers. The director may coordinate licensing with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(2)

An applicant for a license, or a managing partner, director, executive officer or other individual that occupies a similar position or performs similar functions for the applicant, shall have, during the five years immediately preceding the time of application, not less than three years’ experience in the mortgage business, three years’ experience negotiating loans in a related business satisfactory to the director or three years’ equivalent lending experience in a related business satisfactory to the director.

(3)

If a license is issued to a person other than an individual, at least one managing partner, director, executive officer or other individual that occupies a similar position or performs similar functions for the person shall, at all times during the term of the license, satisfy the experience requirement described in subsection (2) of this section.

(4)

An applicant for a license that is not subject to the requirement set forth in ORS 86A.227 (Corporate surety bond required) shall file with the director a corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit that is approved by the director in an amount the director specifies by rule, that runs to the State of Oregon and that is issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 (Additional definitions for Bank Act).

(5)

The total amount of the corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit for a single applicant under subsection (4) of this section shall be not less than $50,000. The director by rule shall require the sum of the corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit to reflect the dollar amount of the loans that the mortgage banker or mortgage broker originates.

(6)

If the application, surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit and fees are in order and the director is satisfied that the application should not be denied upon one or more of the grounds specified in ORS 86A.115 (Grounds for denying, suspending, conditioning or revoking license), 86A.118 (Action against applicant or licensee for act or omission of associate) or 86A.121 (Cancellation of license or application), the director shall license the mortgage banker or mortgage broker.

(7)

A licensee shall amend the license application and, if necessary, increase the amount of the corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit described in subsection (5) of this section when there are material changes in the information contained in the original application.

(8)

An applicant for a license under this section or a licensee who applies to renew a license under ORS 86A.109 (Expiration of initial license) shall certify to the director in a form and manner the director specifies by rule that the applicant or licensee has independently verified that every individual the applicant or licensee hired or intends to hire as a mortgage loan originator:

(a)

Meets the requirements set forth in ORS 86A.200 (Definitions) to 86A.239 (Display of license and unique identifier);

(b)

Has undergone a state criminal records check in accordance with ORS 86A.186 (Mortgage loan originator criminal records checks); and

(c)

Is covered, if applicable, by a corporate surety bond as provided in ORS 86A.227 (Corporate surety bond required).

(9)

The director shall:

(a)

Charge and collect fees for initial and renewal license applications.

(b)

Set by rule all fees required under this section. The director shall set the fees to reflect amounts sufficient to meet the costs of administering ORS 86A.095 (Short title) to 86A.198 (Materials in languages other than English), including amounts sufficient to establish and maintain a reasonable emergency fund.

(c)

Set by rule the amounts of corporate surety bonds and irrevocable letters of credit required under this section.

(10)

The fees under this section are not refundable except for fees that the director determines by rule are refundable. [Formerly 59.850]

Source: Section 86A.106 — Procedures for licensing; experience required; certification; surety bond or letter of credit; fees; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors86A.­html.

86A.095
Short title
86A.100
Definitions
86A.103
License required to engage in residential mortgage transactions as mortgage banker or mortgage broker
86A.106
Procedures for licensing
86A.109
Expiration of initial license
86A.112
Licensees to keep records
86A.115
Grounds for denying, suspending, conditioning or revoking license
86A.118
Action against applicant or licensee for act or omission of associate
86A.121
Cancellation of license or application
86A.124
Supervisory authority of director over mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and mortgage loan originators
86A.127
Investigations
86A.130
Enjoining violations
86A.133
Procedures where assets or capital of mortgage banker or mortgage broker found impaired
86A.136
Rules
86A.139
Notice of orders
86A.142
Judicial review of orders
86A.145
Oaths and subpoenas in proceedings before director
86A.148
Copies of documents
86A.151
Liability of person that employs mortgage loan originator
86A.154
Fraud and deceit with respect to mortgage banker or mortgage broker business
86A.157
Clients’ Trust Account
86A.160
Notice to bank regarding Clients’ Trust Account
86A.163
Prohibited advertisements
86A.166
Designation of principal place of business
86A.169
Disclosure required before closing mortgage loan or mortgage banking loan
86A.172
Advisory committee
86A.175
Servicing or collecting mortgage banking loan or mortgage loan by mortgage banker or mortgage broker
86A.178
Legislative findings regarding mortgage loan originators
86A.183
Prohibited conduct for mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and mortgage loan originators
86A.186
Mortgage loan originator criminal records checks
86A.195
Restrictions on negative amortization loans
86A.196
Notice of reverse mortgage prohibition in homestead property tax deferral program
86A.198
Materials in languages other than English
86A.200
Definitions
86A.203
License and unique identifier for mortgage loan originator
86A.206
Application for license
86A.209
Interim license
86A.212
Findings required for issuing license
86A.215
Education and testing requirements for license
86A.218
License renewal
86A.221
Continuing education requirements for mortgage loan originator
86A.224
Denying, suspending, conditioning, revoking or declining to renew license
86A.227
Corporate surety bond required
86A.230
Contracts or agreements with Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and other agencies
86A.233
Production of records
86A.236
Prohibited activities
86A.239
Display of license and unique identifier
86A.242
Rules
86A.300
Short title
86A.303
Definitions
86A.306
License requirement
86A.309
Application for license
86A.312
Licensee’s principal place of business
86A.315
Required liquidity, operating reserves and tangible net worth
86A.318
Required notices to director
86A.321
Director’s supervisory authority
86A.324
Duties of mortgage loan servicer
86A.327
Complaints
86A.330
Violations
86A.333
Additional duties of licensee
86A.336
Suspension or removal of licensee’s director or officer
86A.339
Additional duties of mortgage loan servicer
86A.990
Criminal penalties for violations of ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198
86A.992
Civil penalties for violations of ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198
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