(a)(1) Any licensee who intends to permanently cease engaging in the business of making residential mortgage loans or acting as a mortgage broker or lead generator at any time during a license period for any cause, including, but not limited to, bankruptcy or voluntary dissolution, shall file a request to surrender the license for each office at which the licensee intends to cease to do business, on the system, not later than fifteen days after the date of such cessation, provided this requirement shall not apply when a license has been suspended pursuant to section 36a-51. No surrender shall be effective until accepted by the commissioner.
(2) A mortgage loan originator licensee who intends to permanently cease engaging in the business of a mortgage loan originator at any time during a license period for any cause, including, but not limited to, bankruptcy, shall file a request to surrender the license on the system not later than fifteen days after the date of such cessation, provided this requirement shall not apply when a license has been suspended pursuant to section 36a-51. No surrender shall be effective until accepted by the commissioner.
(3) A loan processor or underwriter licensee who intends to permanently cease engaging in the activities of a loan processor or underwriter at any time during a license period for any cause, including, but not limited to, bankruptcy, shall file a request to surrender the license on the system not later than fifteen days after the date of such cessation, provided this requirement shall not apply when a license has been suspended pursuant to section 36a-51. No surrender shall be effective until accepted by the commissioner.
(b) (1) A mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender, mortgage broker or lead generator license shall not be transferable or assignable. Any change in any control person of the licensee, except a change of director, general partner or executive officer that is not the result of an acquisition or change in control of the licensee, shall be the subject of an advance change notice filed on the system not later than thirty days prior to the effective date of such change and no such change shall occur without the commissioner's approval.
(2) No licensee may use any name other than its legal name or a fictitious name approved by the commissioner, provided such licensee may not use its legal name if the commissioner disapproves use of such name. No licensee shall use any name or address other than the name and address specified on the license issued by the commissioner. A mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender, mortgage broker or lead generator licensee may change the name of the licensee or address of the office specified on the most recent filing with the system if (A) at least thirty calendar days prior to such change, the licensee files such change with the system and, in the case of a main or branch office, provides, directly to the commissioner, a bond rider or endorsement, or addendum, as applicable, to the surety bond on file with the commissioner that reflects the new name or address of the main or branch office, and (B) the commissioner does not disapprove such change, in writing, or request further information within such thirty-day period.
(3) The commissioner may automatically suspend any license for a violation of this subsection, or upon a failure of the licensee to designate a qualified individual or branch manager who meets the requirements set forth in section 36a-488, within thirty days of a vacancy in the position. After a license has been automatically suspended pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall (A) give the licensee notice of the automatic suspension, pending proceedings for revocation of or refusal to renew the license pursuant to section 36a-494 and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 36a-51, and (B) require the licensee to take or refrain from taking action as the commissioner deems necessary to effectuate the purpose of this section.
(c) Except as otherwise specified in subsection (b) of this section, each mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender, mortgage broker or lead generator applicant or licensee, and each individual designated as a control person, qualified individual or branch manager of such applicant or licensee, shall file on the system, or, if the information cannot be filed on the system, notify the commissioner, in writing, of any change in the information such applicant, licensee, control person, qualified individual or branch manager most recently submitted to the system in connection with the application or license not later than fifteen days after the date such applicant, licensee, control person, qualified individual or branch manager had reason to know of the change. A mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender, mortgage broker or lead generator licensee shall file with the system or, if the information cannot be filed on the system, notify the commissioner, in writing, of the occurrence of any of the following developments not later than fifteen days after the date such licensee had reason to know of such development:
(1) Filing for bankruptcy or the consummation of a corporate restructuring of the licensee;
(2) Filing of a criminal indictment against the licensee in any way related to the lending or brokerage activities of the licensee, or receiving notification of the filing of any criminal felony indictment or felony conviction of any control person, branch manager or qualified individual of the licensee;
(3) Receiving notification of the institution of license denial, cease and desist, suspension or revocation procedures, or other formal or informal action by any governmental agency against the licensee or any control person, branch manager or qualified individual of the licensee and the reasons therefor;
(4) Receiving notification of the initiation of any action against the licensee or any control person, branch manager or qualified individual of the licensee by the Attorney General or the attorney general of any other state and the reasons therefor;
(5) Receiving notification of a material adverse action with respect to any existing line of credit or warehouse credit agreement;
(6) Suspension or termination of the licensee's status as an approved seller or servicer by the Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or Government National Mortgage Association;
(7) Exercise of recourse rights by investors or subsequent assignees of residential mortgage loans if such loans for which the recourse rights are being exercised, in the aggregate, exceed the licensee's net worth exclusive of real property and fixed assets;
(8) Receiving notification of filing for bankruptcy of the licensee or of any control person, branch manager or qualified individual of the licensee; or
(9) A decrease in the net worth required by subsection (a) of section 36a-488.
(d) Each mortgage loan originator applicant or licensee and each loan processor or underwriter applicant or licensee shall file with the system or, if the information cannot be filed on the system, notify the commissioner, in writing, of any change in the information most recently submitted in connection with the application or license not later than fifteen days after the date such applicant or licensee had reason to know of the change. Each mortgage loan originator licensee and each loan processor or underwriter licensee shall file with the system, or, if the information cannot be filed on the system, notify the commissioner, in writing, of the occurrence of any of the following developments not later than fifteen days after the date that such licensee had reason to know of the development:
(1) Filing for bankruptcy of the licensee;
(2) Filing of a criminal indictment against the licensee;
(3) Receiving notification of the institution of license or registration denial, cease and desist, suspension or revocation procedures, or other formal or informal action by any governmental agency against the licensee and the reasons therefor; or
(4) Receiving notification of the initiation of any action against the licensee by the Attorney General or the attorney general of any other state and the reasons therefor.
(e) Each mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender, mortgage broker, lead generator, mortgage loan originator and loan processor or underwriter license shall remain in force and effect until it has been surrendered, revoked or suspended, or until it expires or is no longer effective, in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(P.A. 85-399, S. 6; P.A. 89-347, S. 13; P.A. 94-122, S. 234, 340; P.A. 97-22, S. 1; P.A. 02-111, S. 7; P.A. 04-69, S. 5; P.A. 07-91, S. 3; 07-156, S. 8; P.A. 08-176, S. 31, 44; P.A. 09-208, S. 4; 09-209, S. 10; P.A. 10-32, S. 112; P.A. 11-216, S. 18, 19; P.A. 17-38, S. 6; P.A. 18-173, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 89-347 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the reference to a licensee acting as a mortgage broker in more than one location; P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-440e transferred to Sec. 36a-490 in 1995; P.A. 97-22 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 02-111 amended Subsec. (a) by changing requirement re license from “prominently posted in each place of business of the licensee” to “maintained at the location for which the license was issued and shall be available for public inspection”, by changing requirement re change of location from prior approval to prior written notice and by making technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former notice requirements and adding provision requiring licensee to promptly notify commissioner of any change in the information provided in the application and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing reference to Sec. 36a-495 with reference to Sec. 36a-498; P.A. 04-69 amended Subsec. (c) to substitute “36a-498a” for “36a-498”; P.A. 07-91 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision requiring only prior written notice to commissioner for any change of location of a licensee, and amended Subsec. (b) to allow licensee to change name or location specified on its license if, at least 21 calendar days prior to change, licensee provides written notice to commissioner on a form satisfactory to commissioner and a bond rider or endorsement to surety bond on file and commissioner does not disapprove change, in writing, or request further information within such 21-day period; P.A. 07-156 amended Subsec. (a) to insert “mortgage lender and first mortgage broker” re license, effective September 30, 2008; P.A. 08-176 changed effective date of P.A. 07-156, S. 8, from September 30, 2008, to July 1, 2008, amended Subsec. (a) to add mortgage correspondent lender, to delete provisions re business at more than one location, to substitute legal name or fictitious name approved by commissioner for name stated on license, to add provisions re licensee who ceases to engage in business and to make conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “thirty” for “twenty-one” calendar days and “thirty-day” for “twenty-one-day” period and provide for filing with Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System, added new Subsecs. (c) and (d) re notification requirements, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e) and made conforming changes therein, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-208 amended Subsec. (e) by substituting “this title” for “sections 36a-485 to 36a-498a, inclusive”, effective July 7, 2009; P.A. 09-209 changed “mortgage loan” to “residential mortgage loan” and “Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System” to “system” throughout, amended Subsec. (a) to provide that no surrender of license is effective until accepted by commissioner, amended Subsec. (b) to reposition and revise provision re prompt filing of change in information, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdiv. (9) re notifying commissioner of change in control and adding new Subdiv. (9) re decrease in net worth, and amended Subsec. (e) by inserting reference to other licensing provisions, effective July 31, 2009; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-216 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and delete “license revocation” therein and add Subdivs. (2) and (3) re filing request to surrender a license, amended Subsec. (b) to add references to main or branch office and addendum, amended Subsec. (d) to add reference to loan processor or underwriter, require notification of any change in information most recently submitted and delete “mortgage loan originator” in Subdivs. (1) to (4) and amended Subsec. (e) to add reference to loan processor or underwriter, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 17-38 added references to lead generator, amended Subsec. (a)(3) and (d) to delete reference to October 1, 2011, amended Subsec. (c)(3) and (d)(3) to delete “regulatory”, and made technical changes; P.A. 18-173 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by deleting provision re transfer or assignment of license and use of name other than legal or approved fictitious name, amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (1) re transfer or assignment of license and change in control person, designating existing provisions re change to name or address on most recent filing with the system as Subdiv. (2) and amending same to add provision re use of name other than legal name or approved fictitious name, redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), deleting provision re licensee to promptly file change in information most recently submitted in connection with license with the system or notify commissioner of change, and adding Subdiv. (3) re automatic suspension of license, amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision re filing or notice to commissioner of change to information, adding provision re notice to commissioner of occurrence of developments not later than 15 days after licensee has reason to know of development, deleting reference to licensee's officers, directors, members, partners or shareholders owning ten per cent or more of the outstanding stock in Subdivs. (2) and (8), adding references to control person, branch manager or qualified individual of licensee in Subdivs. (2), (3), (4) and (8), amended Subsec. (d) by adding references to applicant and application, adding provisions re filing or notice to commissioner of change to information or of certain developments not later than 15 days after date applicant or licensee had reason to know of change or development, and made technical and conforming changes.