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...is developed and approved by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry and administered by an approved test provider. (A) The test shall adequately measure the applicant's knowledge and comprehension in appropriate subject areas, including ethics, federal and state law related to mortgage origination, fraud, consumer protection, and the nontraditional mortgage marketplace, and fair lending issues. (B)...

... be reviewed and approved by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry based upon reasonable standards. (C) The following conditions shall apply to the continuing education required by this section: (1) An individual cannot take the same approved course in the same or successive years to meet the annual requirement for continuing education. (2) An individual can only receive credit for a continuing edu...

...(A) A registrant or entity holding a valid letter of exemption under division (B)(1) of section 1322.05 of the Revised Code shall supervise all business of a mortgage loan originator conducted at the principal office, any branch office, or other location used by the individual mortgage loan originator. (B) If a mortgage loan originator's employment or association is terminated for any reason, the licensee may reque...

...r consented to by the parties to the residential mortgage loan, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent.

...cent of the aggregate loan amount of residential mortgage loans originated in the immediately preceding calendar year, but not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Under no circumstances, however, shall the bond for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers be less than fifty thousand dollars and an additional penal sum of ten thousand dollars for each location, in excess of one, at which the registrant conducts...

...intendent of financial institutions considers it necessary, the superintendent may examine the records of a registrant or licensee or holder of a letter of exemption issued under this chapter, including all records created or processed by a licensee, pertaining to business transacted pursuant to this chapter. (B) A registrant or licensee shall maintain records pertaining to business transacted pursuant to this cha...

...nt, failing to produce records, or intimidating or suborning any witness; (B) Tamper with, alter, or manufacture any evidence; (C) Withhold, abstract, remove, mutilate, destroy, or secrete any books, records, computer records, or other information.

...(A)(1) The following information is confidential: (a) Examination information, and any information leading to or arising from an examination; (b) Investigation information, and any information arising from or leading to an investigation. (2) The information described in division (A)(1) of this section shall remain confidential for all purposes except when it is necessary for the superintendent of financial institu...

...or licensed under this chapter, or individual disclosed in an application as required by this chapter, shall do any of the following: (A) Obtain a certificate of registration or mortgage loan originator license through any false or fraudulent representation of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required by state law, or make any substantial misrepresentation in any registration or license applicatio...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no registrant, or any member of the immediate family of an owner of a registrant, shall own or control a majority interest in an appraisal company. (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to any registrant, or any member of the immediate family of an owner of a registrant, who, on January 1, 2010, directly or indirectly owns or controls a maj...

...r a buyer to any settlement service provider, including any title insurance company, that has an affiliated business arrangement with the registrant, licensee, or person without providing the buyer with written notice as required by rule adopted by the superintendent. (2) As used in division (A)(1) of this section, "affiliated business arrangement" has the same meaning as in 12 U.S.C. 2602. (B) No registrant or lic...

...) No registrant and entity holding a valid letter of exemption under this chapter, through its operations manager or otherwise, shall fail to do either of the following: (1) Reasonably supervise a mortgage loan originator or any other person associated with the registrant or entity; (2) Establish reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under this ch...

... the brokering or originating of any residential mortgage loan; (5) Make reasonable efforts to secure a residential mortgage loan, from lenders with whom the registrant, licensee, or person regularly does business, with rates, charges, and repayment terms that are advantageous to the buyer. (B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to wholesale lenders. However, wholesale lenders are subject to all other req...

...mortgage loan originator and the unique identifier of the registrant or mortgage loan originator. (B) In making any advertisement, a registrant shall comply with 12 C.F.R. 226.16, as amended.

...ed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the treasurer of state to the credit of the consumer finance fund created in section 1321.21 of the Revised Code. In determining the amount of a fine to be imposed pursuant to this division, the superintendent may consider all of the following, to the extent known by the division of financial institutions: (a) The seriousness of the violation; (b) The registrant's or ...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the division of financial institutions shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...all not be less than all compensation paid directly and indirectly to a registrant or mortgage loan originator from any source, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (3) The buyer may be awarded punitive damages. (B)(1) The superintendent of financial institutions or a buyer may directly bring an action to enjoin a violation of any provision of this chapter. The attorney general may directly bring an a...

..., rule, interpretation, procedure, or guideline the superintendent's rule is based on becomes effective. (D) The superintendent may, upon thirty days' written notice, revoke any rule adopted under the authority of this section. A rule adopted under the authority of this section, and not revoked by the superintendent, lapses and has no further force and effect eighteen months after the rule's effective date.

...ply with the requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry, including requirements pertaining to all of the following: (A) Payment of nonrefundable fees to apply for, maintain, and renew licenses through the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry; (B) Renewal or reporting dates; (C) Procedures to amend or to surrender a license; (D) Any other activity necessary for participa...

...The superintendent of financial institutions, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt reasonable rules to administer and enforce this chapter and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

...(A)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1322.07 or division (E), (F), or (G) of section 1322.40 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (2) Whoever violates division (B) of section 1322.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) The offenses established under divisions (A) and (B) of section 1322.07 of the Revised Code are strict liability offenses, and...

...clusive, of the Revised Code, "federal aid" means all financial assistance of whatever nature offered or extended by the federal government or any instrumentality or corporation created by or pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, whether such assistance is in the form of a gift, grant, or by purchase of notes or bonds bearing no interest, or bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four per cent per an...

...subdivisions to participate in federal aid provided by any act of congress, and for such purpose only, the taxing authority of any subdivision may issue bonds during the effective period of the act of congress, subject to Chapter 133., except as provided in sections 139.01 to 139.04, of the Revised Code. No bonds shall be issued under this section for the acquisition, construction, extension, enlargement, lease, oper...

...ng authority of any subdivision may provide in the legislation authorizing the issuance of securities for any permanent improvement that the proceeds derived from the sale of such securities shall be used as such subdivision's share or contribution to the cost and expense of a permanent improvement to be constructed in cooperation with a federal agency. Notwithstanding Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, the taxing au...

...n the question of issuing the bonds provided for by section 139.02 of the Revised Code is submitted to the electors, more than one project may be included in the legislation determining to submit such question; provided that on the ballot submitting to the electors the question of the issuance of such bonds, the question of the issuance of bonds for each individual project shall be submitted as a separate question, a...