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§ 2201. Licenses required

(a) No person shall without first obtaining a license under this chapter from the commissioner:

(1) engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods or things in action and charge, contract for or receive on any such loan interest, a finance charge, discount or consideration therefore;

(2) act as a mortgage broker;

(3) act as a mortgage loan originator; or

(4) act as a sales finance company.

(b) Each licensed mortgage loan originator must register with and maintain a valid unique identifier with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and must be either:

(1) an employee actively employed at a licensed location of, and supervised and sponsored by, only one licensed lender or licensed mortgage broker operating in this state; or

(2) an individual sole proprietor who is also a licensed lender or licensed mortgage broker.

(c) A person licensed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) of this section may engage in mortgage brokerage and sales finance if such person informs the commissioner in advance that he or she intends to engage in sales finance and mortgage brokerage. Such person shall inform the commissioner of his or her intention on the original license application under section 2202 of this title, any renewal application under section 2209 of this title, or pursuant to section 2208 of this title.

(d) No lender license, mortgage broker license, or sales finance company license shall be required of:

(1) a state agency, political subdivision, or other public instrumentality of the state;

(2) a federal agency or other public instrumentality of the United States;

(3) a gas or electric utility subject to the jurisdiction of the public service board engaging in energy conservation or safety loans;

(4) a depository institution;

(5) a pawnbroker;

(6) an insurance company;

(7) a seller of goods or services that finances the sale of such goods or services, other than a residential mortgage loan;

(8) any individual who offers or negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual's residence;

(9) lenders that conduct their lending activities, other than residential mortgage loan activities, through revolving loan funds, that are nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that register with the commissioner of economic development under section 690a of Title 10;

(10) persons who loan, other than residential mortgage loans, an aggregate of less than $50,000.00 in any one year at rates of interest of no more than 12 percent per annum;

(11) a seller who, pursuant to subdivision 2355(f)(1)(D) of Title 9, includes the amount paid or to be paid by the seller to discharge a security interest, lien interest, or lease interest on the traded-in motor vehicle in a motor vehicle retail installment sales contract, provided that the contract is purchased, assigned, or otherwise acquired by a sales finance company licensed pursuant to this title to purchase motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts or a depository institution;

(12)(A) a person making an unsecured commercial loan, which loan is expressly subordinate to the prior payment of all senior indebtedness of the commercial borrower regardless of whether such senior indebtedness exists at the time of the loan or arises thereafter. The loan may or may not include the right to convert all or a portion of the amount due on the loan to an equity interest in the commercial borrower;

(B) for purposes of this subdivision (12), "senior indebtedness" means:

(i) all indebtedness of the commercial borrower for money borrowed from depository institutions, trust companies, insurance companies, and licensed lenders, and any guarantee thereof; and

(ii) any other indebtedness of the commercial borrower that the lender and the commercial borrower agree shall constitute senior indebtedness;

(13) nonprofit organizations established under testamentary instruments, exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), and which make loans for postsecondary educational costs to students and their parents, provided that the organizations provide annual accountings to the probate court pursuant to 14 V.S.A. § 2324;

(14) any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual.

(e) No mortgage loan originator license shall be required of:

(1) Registered mortgage loan originators, when acting for an entity described in subdivision 2200(19) of this chapter.

(2) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual.

(3) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual's residence.

(4) A licensed attorney who negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan on behalf of a client as an ancillary matter to the attorney's representation of the client, unless the attorney is compensated by a lender, a mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator or by any agent of such lender, mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator.

(f) Independent contractor loan processors or underwriters. A loan processor or underwriter who is an independent contractor may not engage in the activities of a loan processor or underwriter unless such independent contractor loan processor or underwriter obtains and maintains a mortgage loan originator license. Each independent contractor loan processor or underwriter licensed as a mortgage loan originator must have and maintain a valid unique identifier issued by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(g) This chapter shall not apply to commercial loans of $1,000,000.00 or more. (Amended 1969, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1979, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 30, 1980; 1985, No. 38, § 2; 1991, No. 1, § 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1991; 1995, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; 1999, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; 2001, No. 55, § 4, eff. June 12, 2001; 2005, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2007, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 20, 2008; 2007, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 29, § 1.)

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Statutes > Vermont > Title-08 > Chapter-73 > 2201

§ 2201. Licenses required

(a) No person shall without first obtaining a license under this chapter from the commissioner:

(1) engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods or things in action and charge, contract for or receive on any such loan interest, a finance charge, discount or consideration therefore;

(2) act as a mortgage broker;

(3) act as a mortgage loan originator; or

(4) act as a sales finance company.

(b) Each licensed mortgage loan originator must register with and maintain a valid unique identifier with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and must be either:

(1) an employee actively employed at a licensed location of, and supervised and sponsored by, only one licensed lender or licensed mortgage broker operating in this state; or

(2) an individual sole proprietor who is also a licensed lender or licensed mortgage broker.

(c) A person licensed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) of this section may engage in mortgage brokerage and sales finance if such person informs the commissioner in advance that he or she intends to engage in sales finance and mortgage brokerage. Such person shall inform the commissioner of his or her intention on the original license application under section 2202 of this title, any renewal application under section 2209 of this title, or pursuant to section 2208 of this title.

(d) No lender license, mortgage broker license, or sales finance company license shall be required of:

(1) a state agency, political subdivision, or other public instrumentality of the state;

(2) a federal agency or other public instrumentality of the United States;

(3) a gas or electric utility subject to the jurisdiction of the public service board engaging in energy conservation or safety loans;

(4) a depository institution;

(5) a pawnbroker;

(6) an insurance company;

(7) a seller of goods or services that finances the sale of such goods or services, other than a residential mortgage loan;

(8) any individual who offers or negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual's residence;

(9) lenders that conduct their lending activities, other than residential mortgage loan activities, through revolving loan funds, that are nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that register with the commissioner of economic development under section 690a of Title 10;

(10) persons who loan, other than residential mortgage loans, an aggregate of less than $50,000.00 in any one year at rates of interest of no more than 12 percent per annum;

(11) a seller who, pursuant to subdivision 2355(f)(1)(D) of Title 9, includes the amount paid or to be paid by the seller to discharge a security interest, lien interest, or lease interest on the traded-in motor vehicle in a motor vehicle retail installment sales contract, provided that the contract is purchased, assigned, or otherwise acquired by a sales finance company licensed pursuant to this title to purchase motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts or a depository institution;

(12)(A) a person making an unsecured commercial loan, which loan is expressly subordinate to the prior payment of all senior indebtedness of the commercial borrower regardless of whether such senior indebtedness exists at the time of the loan or arises thereafter. The loan may or may not include the right to convert all or a portion of the amount due on the loan to an equity interest in the commercial borrower;

(B) for purposes of this subdivision (12), "senior indebtedness" means:

(i) all indebtedness of the commercial borrower for money borrowed from depository institutions, trust companies, insurance companies, and licensed lenders, and any guarantee thereof; and

(ii) any other indebtedness of the commercial borrower that the lender and the commercial borrower agree shall constitute senior indebtedness;

(13) nonprofit organizations established under testamentary instruments, exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), and which make loans for postsecondary educational costs to students and their parents, provided that the organizations provide annual accountings to the probate court pursuant to 14 V.S.A. § 2324;

(14) any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual.

(e) No mortgage loan originator license shall be required of:

(1) Registered mortgage loan originators, when acting for an entity described in subdivision 2200(19) of this chapter.

(2) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual.

(3) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual's residence.

(4) A licensed attorney who negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan on behalf of a client as an ancillary matter to the attorney's representation of the client, unless the attorney is compensated by a lender, a mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator or by any agent of such lender, mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator.

(f) Independent contractor loan processors or underwriters. A loan processor or underwriter who is an independent contractor may not engage in the activities of a loan processor or underwriter unless such independent contractor loan processor or underwriter obtains and maintains a mortgage loan originator license. Each independent contractor loan processor or underwriter licensed as a mortgage loan originator must have and maintain a valid unique identifier issued by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(g) This chapter shall not apply to commercial loans of $1,000,000.00 or more. (Amended 1969, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1979, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 30, 1980; 1985, No. 38, § 2; 1991, No. 1, § 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1991; 1995, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; 1999, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; 2001, No. 55, § 4, eff. June 12, 2001; 2005, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2007, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 20, 2008; 2007, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 29, § 1.)


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§ 2201. Licenses required

(a) No person shall without first obtaining a license under this chapter from the commissioner:

(1) engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods or things in action and charge, contract for or receive on any such loan interest, a finance charge, discount or consideration therefore;

(2) act as a mortgage broker;

(3) act as a mortgage loan originator; or

(4) act as a sales finance company.

(b) Each licensed mortgage loan originator must register with and maintain a valid unique identifier with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and must be either:

(1) an employee actively employed at a licensed location of, and supervised and sponsored by, only one licensed lender or licensed mortgage broker operating in this state; or

(2) an individual sole proprietor who is also a licensed lender or licensed mortgage broker.

(c) A person licensed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) of this section may engage in mortgage brokerage and sales finance if such person informs the commissioner in advance that he or she intends to engage in sales finance and mortgage brokerage. Such person shall inform the commissioner of his or her intention on the original license application under section 2202 of this title, any renewal application under section 2209 of this title, or pursuant to section 2208 of this title.

(d) No lender license, mortgage broker license, or sales finance company license shall be required of:

(1) a state agency, political subdivision, or other public instrumentality of the state;

(2) a federal agency or other public instrumentality of the United States;

(3) a gas or electric utility subject to the jurisdiction of the public service board engaging in energy conservation or safety loans;

(4) a depository institution;

(5) a pawnbroker;

(6) an insurance company;

(7) a seller of goods or services that finances the sale of such goods or services, other than a residential mortgage loan;

(8) any individual who offers or negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual's residence;

(9) lenders that conduct their lending activities, other than residential mortgage loan activities, through revolving loan funds, that are nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that register with the commissioner of economic development under section 690a of Title 10;

(10) persons who loan, other than residential mortgage loans, an aggregate of less than $50,000.00 in any one year at rates of interest of no more than 12 percent per annum;

(11) a seller who, pursuant to subdivision 2355(f)(1)(D) of Title 9, includes the amount paid or to be paid by the seller to discharge a security interest, lien interest, or lease interest on the traded-in motor vehicle in a motor vehicle retail installment sales contract, provided that the contract is purchased, assigned, or otherwise acquired by a sales finance company licensed pursuant to this title to purchase motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts or a depository institution;

(12)(A) a person making an unsecured commercial loan, which loan is expressly subordinate to the prior payment of all senior indebtedness of the commercial borrower regardless of whether such senior indebtedness exists at the time of the loan or arises thereafter. The loan may or may not include the right to convert all or a portion of the amount due on the loan to an equity interest in the commercial borrower;

(B) for purposes of this subdivision (12), "senior indebtedness" means:

(i) all indebtedness of the commercial borrower for money borrowed from depository institutions, trust companies, insurance companies, and licensed lenders, and any guarantee thereof; and

(ii) any other indebtedness of the commercial borrower that the lender and the commercial borrower agree shall constitute senior indebtedness;

(13) nonprofit organizations established under testamentary instruments, exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), and which make loans for postsecondary educational costs to students and their parents, provided that the organizations provide annual accountings to the probate court pursuant to 14 V.S.A. § 2324;

(14) any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual.

(e) No mortgage loan originator license shall be required of:

(1) Registered mortgage loan originators, when acting for an entity described in subdivision 2200(19) of this chapter.

(2) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual.

(3) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual's residence.

(4) A licensed attorney who negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan on behalf of a client as an ancillary matter to the attorney's representation of the client, unless the attorney is compensated by a lender, a mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator or by any agent of such lender, mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator.

(f) Independent contractor loan processors or underwriters. A loan processor or underwriter who is an independent contractor may not engage in the activities of a loan processor or underwriter unless such independent contractor loan processor or underwriter obtains and maintains a mortgage loan originator license. Each independent contractor loan processor or underwriter licensed as a mortgage loan originator must have and maintain a valid unique identifier issued by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(g) This chapter shall not apply to commercial loans of $1,000,000.00 or more. (Amended 1969, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1979, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 30, 1980; 1985, No. 38, § 2; 1991, No. 1, § 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1991; 1995, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; 1999, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; 2001, No. 55, § 4, eff. June 12, 2001; 2005, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2007, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 20, 2008; 2007, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 29, § 1.)


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