(205 ILCS 635/2-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 2322-3)
Sec. 2-3. Application form.
(a) Application for a residential mortgage license must be made in accordance with Section 2-6 and, if applicable, in accordance with requirements of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. The application shall be in writing, under oath, and on a form obtained from and prescribed by the Commissioner, or may be submitted electronically, with attestation, to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.
(b) The application shall contain the name and complete business and residential address or addresses of the license applicant. If the license applicant is a partnership, association, corporation or other form of business organization, the application shall contain the names and complete business and residential addresses of each member, director and principal officer thereof. Such application shall also include a description of the activities of the license applicant, in such detail and for such periods, as the Commissioner may require, including all of the following:
(1) An affirmation of financial solvency noting such
capitalization requirements as may be required by the Commissioner, and access to such credit as may be required by the Commissioner.
(2) An affirmation that the license applicant or its
members, directors or principals as may be appropriate, are at least 18 years of age.
(3) Information as to the character, fitness,
financial and business responsibility, background, experience, and criminal record of any (i) person, entity, or ultimate equitable owner that owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of stock of the license applicant; (ii) person, entity, or ultimate equitable owner that is not a depository institution, as defined in Section 1007.50 of the Savings Bank Act, that lends, provides, or infuses, directly or indirectly, in any way, funds to or into a license applicant, in an amount equal to or more than 10% of the license applicant's net worth; (iii) person, entity, or ultimate equitable owner that controls, directly or indirectly, the election of 25% or more of the members of the board of directors of a license applicant; or (iv) person, entity, or ultimate equitable owner that the Commissioner finds influences management of the license applicant.
(4) Upon written request by the licensee and
notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection, the Commissioner may permit the licensee to omit all or part of the information required by those paragraphs if, in lieu of the omitted information, the licensee submits an affidavit stating that the information submitted on the licensee's previous renewal application is still true and accurate. The Commissioner may promulgate rules prescribing the form and content of the affidavit that are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
(5) Such other information as required by regulations
of the Commissioner.
(Source: P.A. 96-112, eff. 7-31-09.)
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