Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 69V-40.0321 - Application Procedure for a Mortgage Broker License
(1) Each person desiring to obtain licensure
as a mortgage broker shall apply to the Office of Financial Regulation by
submitting the following:
(a) NMLS Company
Form (Form MU1) filed through the Registry;
(b) The statutory nonrefundable application
fee of $425 filed through the Registry;
(c) The statutory nonrefundable mortgage
guaranty fund assessment fee of $100, if required by Section
494.00172,
F.S., filed through the Registry;
(d) Designate a qualified principal loan
originator who meets the requirements of Section
494.0035,
F.S.;
(e) For each of the
applicant's control persons, submit fingerprints to a live scan vendor approved
by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and published on the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement's website
(http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/Criminal-History/documents/ApplicantLivescanService-ProvidersVendors.aspx)
for submission to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for a state criminal background check and a Federal
criminal background check. The cost of fingerprint processing shall be borne by
the applicant and paid directly to the live scan vendor;
(f) For each of the applicant's control
persons, authorize the Registry to obtain and make available to the Office an
independent credit report.
(2) For the purposes of this rule, the
requirements in paragraphs (1)(e) and (f), above, are not required if the
control person is currently licensed as a loan originator.
(3) Request for Additional Information.
Within 30 days of receipt, the Office shall review each mortgage broker
application and inform the applicant of any request for additional information
required to complete its review. The additional information must be received by
the Office within 45 days from the date of the request. The Office will grant a
request for an additional forty-five (45) days to submit the additional
information. The Office will not grant a request after the original forty-five
(45) day deadline has passed. Failure to provide timely all additional
information shall result in the application being deemed abandoned, which will
result in the application being removed from further consideration by the
Office and closed.
(4) Amendments
to Pending Applications. If the information contained in the NMLS Company Form
(Form MU1) or any amendment thereto becomes inaccurate for any reason, the
applicant shall file an amendment through the Registry correcting such
information within 15 days of the change. An amendment changing answers to
question 14 on the NMLS Company Form (Form MU1) or question 8 on the NMLS
Individual Form, NMLS Individual Form (Form MU2), shall be considered a
material change to the application and grounds for denial of the
application.
(5) Withdrawal of
Application. An applicant may request withdrawal of an application prior to a
determination of the application being made by the Office by filing such
request through the Registry.
(6)
Upon approval of an application, a mortgage broker license will be issued with
an expiration date of December 31 for the year in which the license was
issued.
(7) NMLS Company Form (Form
MU1), and NMLS Individual Form (Form MU2), are incorporated by reference in
Rule
69V-40.002,
F.A.C.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 494.0011(2), 494.00321(1) FS. Law Implemented 494.0011(2), 494.00321 FS.
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