2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 37 - Consumer Protection Code
CHAPTER 22 - MORTGAGE LENDING
SECTION 37-22-170. Managing principal; branch offices; notification of commissioner of designation and change of managing principal or branch manager.
A mortgage lender licensed pursuant to this chapter shall have a managing principal who operates the business under that manager's full charge, control, and supervision. A mortgage lender may operate a branch office subject to the requirements of this chapter. Each principal and branch office of a mortgage lender licensed pursuant to this chapter shall have a branch manager who meets the requirements of Section 37-22-140(B) and (C)(1). Each mortgage lender licensed pursuant to this chapter shall file a form prescribed by the commissioner indicating the business's designation of managing principal and branch manager for each branch and their acceptance of the responsibility. The managing principal for a licensee's business also may serve as the branch manager of one of the licensee's branch offices. A mortgage lender licensed pursuant to this chapter shall notify the commissioner of a change in its managing principal or any branch manager. The license of a licensee who does not comply with this provision must be suspended pursuant to Section 37-22-200 until the licensee complies with this section. A licensee who operates as a sole proprietorship is a managing principal for the purposes of this chapter.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 67, Section 2, eff January 1, 2010.
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