RS 6:1086 Licensure requirement

PART II.  LICENSURE, REGISTRATION,

AND CERTIFICATION

§1086.  Licensure requirement

A.  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, beginning on July 31, 2009, and unless otherwise exempt pursuant to this Chapter, no person shall engage in any residential mortgage lending activity in this state without first obtaining and maintaining annually the following:

(1)  A license and registration as a mortgage loan originator, or a license as a mortgage lender or broker.

(2)  A unique identifier.

B.  Until July 31, 2010, the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to the following:

(1)  A person whose residential mortgage lending activities were not subject to the licensing requirements pursuant to this Chapter on July 30, 2009.

(2)  A person engaged in residential mortgage lending activities pursuant to an exemption provided by this Chapter on July 30, 2009.

C.  Beginning July 31, 2009, all persons  to whom a license was issued and in effect pursuant to this Chapter on July 30, 2009, shall be required to meet all the requirements of this Chapter in order to obtain a renewal of a license issued pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 1999, No. 1098, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 875, §1; Acts 2009, No. 522, §1, eff. July 31, 2009.