2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 53 - Banks.
§ 53-244.100. Active license requirements and assignability.

§ 53‑244.100.  Active license requirements and assignability.

(a)        It is unlawful for any person to engage in the mortgage business without first obtaining a license as a mortgage loan originator, mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer issued by the Commissioner under this Article. It is unlawful for any person to employ, to compensate, or to appoint as its agent a mortgage loan originator unless the person is a licensed mortgage loan originator under this Article. Persons defined in G.S. 53‑244.030(8) or G.S. 53‑244.030(29) are not subject to this subsection.

(b)        The license of a mortgage loan originator is not effective during any period when that person is not employed by a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer licensed under this Article. When a mortgage loan originator ceases to be employed by a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer licensed under this Article, the mortgage loan originator, and the mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer licensed under this Article by whom that person is employed shall promptly notify the Commissioner in writing. The mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer shall include a statement of the specific reason for the termination of the mortgage loan originator's employment. A mortgage loan originator shall not be employed simultaneously by more than one mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer licensed under this Article.

(c)        Each mortgage lender, mortgage broker, and mortgage servicer licensed under this Article shall maintain on file with the Commissioner a list of all mortgage loan originators who are employed with the mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage servicer.

(d)        No person, other than an exempt person, shall hold himself or herself out as a mortgage lender, a mortgage broker, a mortgage servicer, or a mortgage loan originator unless the person is licensed in accordance with this Article.

(e)        Licenses issued under this Article are not assignable. Control of a licensee shall not be acquired through a stock purchase, merger, or other device without the prior written consent of the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall not give written consent if the Commissioner finds that any of the grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of a license are applicable to the acquiring person.  (2009‑374, s. 2.)