2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut
Chapter 668 - Nondepository Financial Institutions
Section 36a-491 - (Formerly Sec. 36-440f). Expiration of licenses. Applications for renewal. Fees.

(a) Each mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender, mortgage broker, lead generator, mortgage loan originator and loan processor or underwriter license shall expire at the close of business on December thirty-first of the year in which it is approved, unless such license is renewed, and provided any such license that is approved on or after November first shall expire at the close of business on December thirty-first of the year following the year in which it is approved. An application for renewal of a license shall be filed between November first and December thirty-first of the year in which the license expires. Each applicant for an initial license or renewal of a license as a mortgage lender or mortgage correspondent lender shall pay to the system any required fees or charges and a license fee of one thousand dollars, and each applicant for an initial or renewal license as a mortgage broker or lead generator shall pay to the system any required fees or charges and a license fee of five hundred dollars. Each applicant for an initial license or renewal of a license as a mortgage loan originator or loan processor or underwriter shall pay to the system any required fees or charges and a license fee of three hundred dollars.

(b) All fees paid pursuant to this section, including fees paid in connection with an application that is denied or withdrawn prior to the issuance of the license, shall be nonrefundable. No fee paid pursuant to this section shall be prorated if the license is surrendered, revoked or suspended prior to the expiration of the period for which it was approved.

(P.A. 85-399, S. 7; P.A. 88-150, S. 5; P.A. 89-347, S. 14; P.A. 92-89, S. 7, 20; P.A. 94-104, S. 5; P.A. 96-71, S. 2, 8; P.A. 99-36, S. 27; P.A. 02-111, S. 8; P.A. 04-69, S. 6; P.A. 05-46, S. 2; P.A. 06-45, S. 3; P.A. 07-156, S. 9; P.A. 08-176, S. 31, 45; P.A. 09-209, S. 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 380; P.A. 11-216, S. 20; P.A. 17-38, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 88-150 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that the license fee is nonrefundable and adding the provision re the expiration of licenses on September thirtieth; P.A. 89-347 added references to mortgage brokers, establishing license fee for mortgage brokers; P.A. 92-89 increased the fee applicable to lender’s and combination licenses from $250 to $400 and increased the fee applicable to broker’s licenses from $100 to $200; P.A. 94-104 changed the license renewal deadline from September tenth to September first and added a $100 late fee in Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (a)(2) re applications filed by a licensee whose license expired within 60 days of his application; Sec. 36-440f transferred to Sec. 36a-491 in 1995; P.A. 96-71 clarified that all license fees required by this section are nonrefundable, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 99-36 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 02-111 amended Subsec. (a) by providing for license expiration at the close of business on September thirtieth of the even-numbered year following its issuance unless renewed, adding provisions re fee of $800 for first mortgage lender and first mortgage correspondent lender licenses and fee of $400 for first mortgage broker license, adding provisions re lesser fee if application filed not earlier than one year before expiration date, making conforming and technical changes and incorporating provisions of existing Subdiv. (2) into Subdiv. (1) and adding new Subdiv. (2) re application and fees for registration of originator, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding “or registration”; P.A. 04-69 amended Subsec. (a) to change reference to each license issued pursuant to section “36a-489”, in lieu of “this” section, and to substitute “36a-498a” for “36a-498” in Subdiv. (1), and add Subdiv. (3) requiring commissioner to automatically suspend license or registration if commissioner determines that a check filed to pay the license or registration fee has been dishonored and requiring commissioner to give notice of the automatic suspension pending proceedings for revocation or refusal to renew and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 36a-51; P.A. 05-46 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to provide that renewal application filed with commissioner after September first, accompanied by late fee, shall be deemed to be timely and sufficient for purposes of Sec. 4-182(b); P.A. 06-45 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to delete proviso re prorated registration fee of $50 for originator for application filed not earlier than one year before date license expires; P.A. 07-156 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to delete requirement that applicants pay various license fees to commissioner and substitute requirement that applicants, including applicants for a first mortgage broker license, pay the required license fee and processing fee for an initial or renewal application to the national mortgage licensing system and to change date of expiration of licenses issued pursuant to Sec. 36a-489 from September 30th of even-numbered year following issuance to December 31 of year following issuance, amended Subsec. (a)(2) to delete references to registration and to substitute references to license re originators, to require applicants for originator license to pay required license and processing fees for an initial or renewal application to the national mortgage licensing system in lieu of commissioner and to provide that license shall expire on December 31 of year following issuance, deleted former Subsec. (a)(3), and amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to registration, effective September 30, 2008; P.A. 08-176 changed effective date of P.A. 07-156, S. 9, from September 30, 2008, to July 1, 2008, amended Subsec. (a) to expand provisions re date of expiration of licenses, add time frame for renewal of licenses and license fees and make conforming changes, and amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions allowing certain originator fees to be refundable and preventing prorating, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-209 changed “Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System” to “system” and “license or renewal” to “initial license or renewal” throughout, amended Subsec. (a) by deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, applying provisions to mortgage loan originator license, deleting provision re licensee filing renewal application not later than March first of year following year of expiration, replacing former Subdiv. (2) re expiration of mortgage loan originator license with provision, effective November 1, 2009, increasing license fee for originators from $100 to $300, and amended Subsec. (b) by changing “such fees” to “any license fee”, effective July 31, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fees; P.A. 11-216 amended Subsec. (a) to add references to loan processor or underwriter and amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re license fee paid by originator for license not sponsored by mortgage lender, correspondent lender or broker; P.A. 17-38 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re expiration date of mortgage lender, mortgage correspondent lender and mortgage broker license extended to December 31, 2008, deleting references to July 1, 2008 and October 1, 2011, adding references to lead generator, deleting provision re fees to renew mortgage lender or mortgage correspondent lender license for person who is licensee on September 30, 2008 and deleting provision re fees to renew mortgage broker license for person who is licensee on June 30, 2008, and making technical changes.