45-728. License; application; form; fee; use of nationwide registry.
(1) An applicant for a license shall apply on a form prescribed by the director.
(2) The application for a license as a mortgage loan originator shall be accompanied by an application fee of one hundred fifty dollars, plus the cost of the criminal history background check required by subsection (3) of this section and any processing fee allowed under subsection (2) of section 45-748.
(3) In connection with an application for licensing as a mortgage loan originator, the applicant shall, at a minimum, furnish to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry information concerning the applicant's identity, including the following:
(a) Fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any other governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information for a state, national, and international criminal history background check; and
(b) Personal history and experience in a format prescribed by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, including the submission of authorization for the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and the director to obtain the following:
(i) An independent credit report obtained from a consumer reporting agency described in 15 U.S.C. 1681a(p), as such section existed on January 1, 2010; and
(ii) Information related to any administrative, civil, or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction.
(4) For the purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact which the Federal Bureau of Investigation may have to maintain for purposes of subdivisions (3)(a) and (3)(b)(ii) of this section, the director may use the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a channeling agent for requesting information from and distributing information to the United States Department of Justice or any other governmental agency.
(5) For the purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact which the director may have to maintain for purposes of subdivisions (3)(b)(i) and (3)(b)(ii) of this section, the director may use the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a channeling agent for requesting and distributing information to and from any source so directed by the director.
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