2004 Minnesota Code
Chapters 46 - 59 Banking
Chapter 58 Mortgage Originator and Service Licensing
Section 58.06 Application requirements for residential mortgage originators and servicers.

58.06 Application requirements for residential mortgage originators and servicers.

Subdivision 1. License application form. Application for a residential mortgage originator or a residential mortgage servicer license must be in writing, under oath, and on a form obtained from and prescribed by the commissioner.

Subd. 2. Application contents. The application must contain the name and complete business address or addresses of the license applicant. If the license applicant is a partnership, limited liability partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other form of business organization, the application must contain the names and complete business addresses of each partner, member, director, and principal officer. The application must also include a description of the activities of the license applicant, in the detail and for the periods the commissioner may require. The application must also include all of the following:

(a) an affirmation under oath that the applicant:

(1) will maintain competent staff and adequate staffing levels, through direct employees or otherwise, to meet the requirements of this chapter;

(2) will advise the commissioner of any material changes to the information submitted in the most recent application within ten days of the change;

(3) will advise the commissioner in writing immediately of any bankruptcy petitions filed against or by the applicant or licensee;

(4) is financially solvent;

(5) complies with federal and state tax laws;

(6) complies with sections 345.31 to 345.60, the Minnesota unclaimed property law; and

(7) is, or that a person in control of the license applicant is, at least 18 years of age;

(b) information as to the mortgage lending, servicing, or brokering experience of the applicant and persons in control of the applicant;

(c) information as to criminal convictions, excluding traffic violations, of persons in control of the license applicant;

(d) whether a court of competent jurisdiction has found that the applicant or persons in control of the applicant have engaged in conduct evidencing gross negligence, fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in performing an act for which a license is required under this chapter;

(e) whether the applicant or persons in control of the applicant have been the subject of: an order of suspension or revocation, cease and desist order, or injunctive order, or order barring involvement in an industry or profession issued by this or another state or federal regulatory agency or by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development within the ten-year period immediately preceding submission of the application; and

(f) other information required by the commissioner.

HIST: 1998 c 343 art 1 s 6; 1999 c 151 s 35