16a-2-301. (UCCC) Authority to make supervised loans; residential mortgage loan origination; registration required. (1) Unless a person is a supervised financial organization; or has first obtained a license from the administrator authorizing such person to make supervised loans; or is the federal deposit insurance corporation acting in its corporate capacity or as receiver, such person shall not engage in the business of:

(a) Making supervised loans;

(b) taking assignments of and directly or indirectly, including through the use of servicing contracts or otherwise, undertaking collection of payments from debtors arising from supervised loans, but such person may collect for three months without a license if the person promptly applies for a license and such person's application has not been denied; or

(c) taking assignments of and directly or indirectly, including through the use of servicing contracts or otherwise, enforcing rights against debtors arising from supervised loans, but such person may enforce for three months without a license if the person promptly applies for a license and such person's application has not been denied.

(2) Residential mortgage loan origination shall only be conducted in this state by an individual who has first been registered with the administrator as a residential mortgage loan originator and maintains a valid unique identifier issued by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry if operational at the time of registration.

(a) Residential mortgage loan origination shall only be conducted at or from a supervised lender and a registrant shall only engage in residential mortgage loan origination on behalf of one supervised lender.

(b) A supervised lender shall be responsible for all mortgage loan origination conducted on their behalf by residential mortgage loan originators or other employees.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the licensing of an attorney who is forwarded contracts for collection.

History: L. 1973, ch. 85, § 18; L. 1980, ch. 76, § 6; L. 1985, ch. 83, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 85, § 5; L. 2009, ch. 29, § 16; July 1.