535B.1 - DEFINITIONS.

        535B.1  DEFINITIONS.         As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:         1.  "Administrator" means the superintendent of the division      of banking of the department of commerce.         2.  Reserved.         3.  "Licensee" means a person licensed under this chapter;      however, any individual who is acting solely as an employee or agent      of a mortgage banker or broker licensed under this Act need not be      separately licensed.         4. a.  "Mortgage banker" means a person who does one or more      of the following:         (1)  Makes at least four mortgage loans on residential real      property located in this state in a calendar year.         (2)  Originates at least four mortgage loans on residential real      property located in this state in a calendar year and sells four or      more such loans in the secondary market.         (3)  Services at least four mortgage loans on residential real      property located in this state.  However, a natural person, who      services less than fifteen mortgage loans on residential real estate      within the state and who does not sell or transfer mortgage loans, is      exempt from this subparagraph if that person is otherwise exempt from      the provisions of this chapter.         b.  "Mortgage banker" does not include a person who is a      licensed mortgage loan originator under chapter 535D.         5.  "Mortgage broker" means a person who arranges or      negotiates, or attempts to arrange or negotiate, at least four      mortgage loans or commitments for four or more such loans on      residential real property located in this state in a calendar year.      "Mortgage broker" does not include a person who is a licensed      mortgage loan originator under chapter 535D.         6.  "Mortgage loan" means a loan of money secured by a lien on      residential real property and includes a refinancing of a contract of      sale, an assumption of a prior mortgage loan, and a refinancing of a      prior mortgage loan.         7.  "Person" means an individual, an association, joint      venture or joint stock company, partnership, limited partnership,      business corporation, nonprofit corporation, or any other group of      individuals however organized.         8.  "Natural person" means an individual who is not an      association, joint venture, or joint stock company, partnership,      limited partnership, business corporation, nonprofit corporation,      other business entity, or any other group of individuals or business      entities, however organized.         9.  "Registrant" means a person registered under section      535B.3.         10.  "Residential real property" means real property, which is      an owner-occupied single-family or two-family dwelling, located in      this state, occupied or used or intended to be occupied or used for      residential purposes, including an interest in any real property      covered under chapter 499B.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1146, §1; 89 Acts, ch 133, §1--3; 91 Acts, ch 65, §1;      2005 Acts, ch 83, §1--3, 10; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §12--14; 2009 Acts,      ch 61, §26, 27, 39         Referred to in § 535.14