Section 22172 Of Article 4. Regulations From California Financial Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
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. (a) The commissioner may do one or more of the following:
(1) Deny, suspend, revoke, condition, or decline to renew a
mortgage loan originator license for a violation of this division, or
any rules or regulations adopted thereunder.
(2) Deny, suspend, revoke, condition, or decline to renew a
mortgage loan originator license if an applicant or licensee fails at
any time to meet the requirements of Section 22109.1 or 22109.4, or
withholds information or makes a material misstatement in an
application for a license or license renewal.
(3) Order restitution against a mortgage loan originator or any
finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan
originator for a violation of this division.
(4) Impose fines on a mortgage loan originator or any finance
lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator
pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d).
(5) Issue orders or directives to mortgage loan originators under
this division as follows:
(A) Order or direct a mortgage loan originator or any finance
lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator to
desist and refrain from conducting business, including immediate
temporary orders to desist and refrain.
(B) Order or direct a mortgage loan originator or any finance
lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator to
cease any harmful activities or violations of this division,
including immediate temporary orders to desist and refrain.
(C) Enter immediate temporary orders to cease business under a
license issued pursuant to the authority granted under Section 22100
if the commissioner determines that the license was erroneously
granted or the mortgage loan originator is currently in violation of
this division.
(D) Order or direct any other affirmative action as the
commissioner deems necessary.
(b) The commissioner may impose a civil penalty on a mortgage loan
originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a
mortgage loan originator, if the commissioner finds, on the record
after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the mortgage loan
originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a
mortgage loan originator has violated or failed to comply with any
requirement of this division or any regulation prescribed by the
commissioner under this division or order issued under authority of
this division.
(c) The maximum amount of penalty for each act or omission
described in subdivision (b) shall be twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000).
(d) Each violation or failure to comply with any directive or
order of the commissioner is a separate and distinct violation or
failure.