17:11C-64 Minimum net worth required for applicant for business license.
14. a. (1) Each applicant for a business license as a residential mortgage lender shall demonstrate that it has tangible net worth of at least $250,000, except that an applicant for a business license as a correspondent mortgage lender shall demonstrate that it has a tangible net worth of at least $150,000. Each applicant for a business license as a residential mortgage broker shall demonstrate that it has tangible net worth of at least $50,000.
(2)Each licensed residential mortgage lender that is a business licensee shall maintain at all times tangible net worth of at least $250,000, except that a correspondent mortgage lender that is a business licensee shall maintain at all times tangible net worth of at least $150,000. Each licensed residential mortgage broker that is a business licensee shall maintain at all times tangible net worth of at least $50,000.
(3)The commissioner may by regulation:
(a)define the term "tangible net worth";
(b)establish standards for determining compliance with the tangible net worth requirements of this section; and
(c)determine any remedial action, as authorized pursuant to section 20 of this act, including suspension of a license, for failure to comply with these tangible net worth requirements.
b.The commissioner may, by regulation, require that a business licensee demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that it has adequate means to fund loans through lines of credit, or otherwise.
L.2009, c.53, s.14.
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