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...on behalf of any other person, shall engage in the transaction of business as a mortgage lender, mortgage servicer, or mortgage broker in this state without first having obtained a certificate of registration from the superintendent of financial institutions for the principal office and every branch office to be maintained by the person for the transaction of business as a mortgage lender, mortgage servicer, or mortg...

...the requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of seven hundred dollars for each location of an office to be maintained by the applicant in accordance with division (A) of section 1322.07 of the Revised Code and any additional fee required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. (2) The application ...

...any fee required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. (a) If a check or other draft instrument is returned to the superintendent for insufficient funds, the superintendent shall notify the applicant by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the application will be withdrawn unless the applicant, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, submits the application fee and a one-hundr...

...istrant's business as the operations manager. The operations manager shall be responsible for the management, supervision, and control of a particular registrant. (B) To be eligible for such a designation, an employee or owner shall have at least three years of experience in the residential mortgage and lending field including experience as a mortgage loan originator, registered mortgage loan originator, or other e...

...No person shall acquire, sell, transfer, or hypothecate any interest in a registrant, or an entity holding a letter of exemption issued under this chapter, or an applicant for a certificate of registration under this chapter in order to obfuscate or conceal the true ownership or control of the registrant, exemption holder, or applicant.

...(A) A registrant that is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, or other business entity or association shall notify the division of financial institutions of every sale, transfer, or hypothecation of any stock, security, membership, partnership, or other equitable, beneficial, or ownership interest in the entity or association, if the interest represents at least a five per cent membership, pa...

...of potential buyers to residential mortgage lenders or mortgage brokers, or solely to match buyers with residential mortgage lenders or mortgage brokers through a computerized loan origination system recognized by the United States department of housing and urban development, shall be required to make only those disclosures under this chapter that apply to the portion of the transaction during which they have direct ...

... An application for a license as a mortgage loan originator shall be in writing, under oath, and in a form prescribed by the superintendent of financial institutions that complies with the requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of two hundred dollars and any additional fee required by the nationwide mortgage licens...

...nancial institutions shall issue a mortgage loan originator license to the applicant if the superintendent finds that the following conditions are met: (1) The application is accompanied by the application fee and any fee required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. (a) If a check or other draft instrument is returned to the superintendent for insufficient funds, the superintendent shall n...

...Each applicant for a mortgage loan originator license shall submit to a written test that 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, consu...

...ending standards for non-qualified mortgages, as defined in 12 C.F.R. 1026.43, or the nontraditional mortgage product marketplace. (B) Continuing education courses shall 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 sam...

... 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 request the transfer of the license to another registrant by submitting a transfer application, along with a fifteen-dollar fee ...

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

...gregate 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 business. The...

...r revoked or who otherwise ceases to engage in business as a mortgage lender, mortgage servicer, mortgage broker, or mortgage loan originator. No registrant or licensee shall fail to comply with this division. (C) Each registrant, licensee, and entity holding a valid letter of exemption issued under this chapter shall submit to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry call reports or other reports of...

...No person, in connection with any examination or investigation conducted by the superintendent of financial institutions under this chapter, shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Circumvent, interfere with, obstruct, or fail to cooperate, including making a false or misleading statement, failing to produce records, or intimidating or suborning any witness; (B) Tamper with, alter, or manufacture any evidence...

...in which a registrant or licensee is engaged, or has applied to engage in, to the extent that the regulator has jurisdiction over a registrant or licensee engaged in that business activity. A registrant or licensee is engaged in a business activity, and a regulator of that business activity has jurisdiction over the registrant or licensee, whether the registrant or licensee conducts the activity directly or a subsidi...

...n 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 application; (B) Make false or misleading statements of a material fact, omissions of statements required by state or federal law, or false promises regar...

...(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...

...(A)(1) No registrant or licensee or person required to be registered or licensed under this chapter shall refer 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 s...

...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 chapter, or violations of applicable state and federal consumer and len...

... 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 requirements appl...

...(A) A registrant or mortgage loan originator shall disclose in any printed, televised, broadcast, electronically transmitted, or published advertisement relating to the registrant's or mortgage loan originator's services, including on any electronic site accessible through the internet, the business name of the registrant or mortgage loan originator and the unique identifier of the registrant or mortgage loan origina...

...f a certificate of registration or mortgage loan originator license, or any comparable authority, in any governmental jurisdiction. (2) Impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, for each day a violation of a law or rule is committed, repeated, or continued. If the registrant, letter of exemption holder, or licensee engages in a pattern of repeated violations of a law or rule, the superintendent may impos...

...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.