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...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 experience related to the business of residential mortgage lending that the superintendent determines is sufficient. While acting as the...

... 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.

...uires or otherwise receives an interest described in division (A) of this section is subject to this chapter. The division may make any investigation necessary to determine whether any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the time of the original application for a certificate of registration, the fact or condition would have warranted the division to deny the application under section 1322.10 of the R...

...person registered under this chapter solely to sell leads 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...

...s and licensees. (2) If an applicant held a valid mortgage loan originator license issued by this state at any time during the immediately preceding five-year period, the applicant shall not be required to complete any additional pre-licensing instruction. For this purpose, any time during which the individual is a registered mortgage loan originator shall not be taken into account. (3) A person having successful...

... requested, that the license issued in reliance on the check or other draft instrument will be canceled unless the licensee, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, submits the application fee and a one-hundred-dollar penalty to the superintendent. If the licensee does not submit the application fee and penalty within that time period, or if any check or other draft instrument used to pay the fee or penalty i...

...all 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, consumer protection, and the nontraditional mortgage marketpl...

...ing issues; (3) Two hours of training related to lending 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 t...

... escrow. Any licensee whose license is held in escrow shall cease activity as a mortgage loan originator. A licensee whose license is held in escrow shall be required to apply for renewal annually and to comply with the annual continuing education requirement. (C) A registrant may employ or be associated with a mortgage loan originator on a temporary basis pending the transfer of the mortgage loan originator's lice...

... entity holding a letter of exemption under this chapter may contract for and receive interest at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the residential mortgage loan, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent.

...ortgage 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 bond amount for registrants that en...

...icate of registration or license is cancelled, surrendered, or 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 l...

...nvestigation 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; (C) Withhold, abstract, remove, mutilate, destr...

...ivision of financial institutions from releasing to or exchanging with other financial institution regulatory authorities information relating to registrants and licensees. For this purpose, a "financial institution regulatory authority" includes a regulator of a business activity in which a registrant or licensee is engaged, or has applied to engage in, to the extent that the regulator has jurisdiction over a regist...

...mathematical errors, inadvertent transposition of numbers, typographical errors, or any other bona fide error. (F) Knowingly instruct, solicit, propose, or otherwise cause a buyer to sign in blank a mortgage related document; (G) Knowingly compensate, instruct, induce, coerce, or intimidate, or attempt to compensate, instruct, induce, coerce, or intimidate, a person licensed or certified under Chapter 4763. of the...

...(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...

... has either of the following financial relationships with the appraisal company: (1) An ownership or investment interest in the company, whether through debt, equity, or other means; (2) Any compensation arrangement involving any remuneration, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind. (C) No registrant or licensee shall knowingly enter into an arrangement or scheme, including a cross-referra...

...fide third party or other party with a related interest in the transaction, including a home improvement builder, real estate developer, or real estate broker or agent, for the referral of business. (C)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a registrant or entity holding a letter of exemption under this chapter may allow a mortgage loan originator or any other person associated with the ...

...s into transactions with buyers exclusively through unaffiliated third-party mortgage brokers. (C) The duties and standards of care created in this section cannot be waived or modified. (D)(1) A buyer injured by a failure to comply with this section may bring an action for recovery of damages. (2) Damages awarded under division (D)(1) of this section shall not be less than all compensation paid directly or indirec...

...ortgage 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.

...n (F)(1) of this section. (G) The imposition of fines under this section does not preclude any penalty imposed under section 1322.99 of the Revised Code.

...ant 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.

...t to any act taken or omission made in reliance on a written notice, written interpretation, or written report from the superintendent, unless there is a subsequent amendment to that written notice, written interpretation, written report from the superintendent, or those provisions, or rules promulgated thereunder, that affects the superintendent's notice, interpretation, or report. (F) Upon disbursement of mortgag...

...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.

...The superintendent of financial institutions may adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, any rule necessary to comply 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; ...