Section 50513 Of Chapter 7. Prohibited Practices And Penalties From California Financial Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 7.
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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 50141 or 50144, 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
residential mortgage lender or servicer licensee employing a mortgage
loan originator for a violation of this division.
(4) Impose fines on a mortgage loan originator or any residential
mortgage lender or servicer 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 residential
mortgage lender or servicer 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 residential
mortgage lender or servicer 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 50002
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 residential mortgage lender or servicer 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 residential mortgage lender or
servicer 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.