Section 50120 Of Chapter 2. Licensing: Residential Mortgage Lender From California Financial Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 2.
50120
. (a) A residential mortgage lender shall file an application
for licensure under this chapter with the commissioner to make or
service residential mortgage loans in this state.
(b) A licensee may not engage in the business as a residential
mortgage lender under a name other than the name that appears on the
license, or a legally assumed name disclosed either in the
application or in an amendment to the application, which shall be
reflected on the license.
(c) A licensee may not make or service residential mortgage loans
secured by real property pursuant to the authority of a license, or
an exemption from licensure, under the Real Estate Law.
(d) The commissioner may, pursuant to Section 50321, order a
licensee to cease any other business conducted at any location where
the licensee operates under the authority of a residential mortgage
lender license, if the commissioner finds that the conduct of that
business has facilitated evasions of this division or the rules
adopted pursuant to this division, or that the conduct of that
business is in violation of any law to which that business is
subject.
(e) A license issued for a business location outside this state
shall constitute an agreement by the licensee to, at the sole
discretion of the commissioner, either (1) make the licensee's books,
accounts, papers, records, and files available to the commissioner
or the commissioner's representatives in this state within 10
calendar days of a request from the commissioner or, (2) pay the
reasonable expenses for travel, meals, and lodging of the
commissioner or the commissioner's representatives incurred during an
investigation or examination made at the licensee's location outside
this state.
(f) The commissioner may, by rule, require an applicant for a
residential mortgage lender or servicer license or a residential
mortgage lender or servicer licensee to make some or all filings with
the commissioner through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System
and Registry.
(g) The commissioner may, by rule, require licensees to pay
assessments through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and
Registry.