(a) Applicants for a license shall apply in a form as prescribed by the Commissioner. Each such form shall request such information as the Commissioner may designate and may be changed or updated as necessary by the Commissioner in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) In order to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, the Commissioner is authorized to establish relationships or contracts with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry or other entities designated by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to collect and maintain records and process transaction fees or other fees related to licensees or other persons subject to this chapter.

(c) For the purpose of participating in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, the Commissioner is authorized to waive or modify, in whole or in part, by rule, regulation or order, any or all of the requirements of this chapter and to establish new requirements as reasonably necessary to participate in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(d) In connection with an application for licensing as a mortgage loan originator, the applicant shall, at a minimum, furnish to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry information concerning the applicant’s identity, including:

(1) Fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information for a state, national and international criminal history background check; and

(2) Personal history and experience in a form prescribed by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, including the submission of authorization for the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and the Commissioner to obtain:

a. An independent credit report obtained from a consumer reporting agency described in § 603(p) of the United States Fair Credit Reporting Act [15 U.S.C. § 1681a(p)]; and

b. Information related to any administrative, civil or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction.

(e) For the purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact which the Federal Bureau of Investigation may have to maintain for purposes of paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2)b. of this section, the Commissioner may use the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a channeling agent for requesting information from and distributing information to the United States Department of Justice or any governmental agency, notwithstanding the provisions of § 8527 of Title 11.

(f) For the purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact which the Commissioner may have to maintain for purposes of paragraph (d)(2) of this section, the Commissioner may use the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a channeling agent for requesting and distributing information to and from any source so directed by the Commissioner, notwithstanding the provisions of § 8527 of Title 11.

(g) As part of an application, the applicant shall pay to the Commissioner as an investigation fee the sum of $250 which shall not be refundable. The applicant shall also pay a license fee of $250, which shall be payable annually thereafter, and that sum shall be allocated to and for the assistance of the Delaware Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program. No abatement in the amount of the license fee shall be made if the license is issued for less than 1 year or if the license is surrendered, suspended, canceled or revoked prior to the expiration of the period for which such license was issued.

76 Del. Laws, c. 421, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 96, § 1.