17:11C-11 Issuance, surrender, expiration of license.

11. a. (1) Each consumer lender or sales finance company license issued pursuant to this act shall expire at the end of the license period of not less than two years as set by the commissioner by regulation.

(2) A licensee may surrender any license by delivering to the commissioner written notice that the license is surrendered, along with the license, and complying with any regulation set forth by the commissioner concerning the license surrender, but the surrender shall not affect the licensee's civil or criminal liability for an act committed prior to the surrender.

b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.81).

c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2009, c.53)

d. Each mortgage banker, correspondent mortgage banker, mortgage broker, and secondary lender license, and each mortgage solicitor registration issued pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Licensed Lenders Act," sections 1 through 49 of P.L.1996, c.157 (C.17:11C-1 et seq.), prior to the effective date of its reform and re-titling as the "New Jersey Consumer Finance Licensing Act" pursuant to P.L.2009, c.53 (C.17:11C-51 et al.), shall expire in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) For any license or registration issued before the effective date of the "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act," sections 1 through 39 of P.L.2009, c.53 (C.17:11C-51 et seq.), the license or registration shall expire on June 30, 2009.

(2) For any license or registration issued on or after July 1, 2009:

(a) the license or registration shall expire on July 31, 2010, or a later date approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the provisions of section 1508 of the federal "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-289 (12 U.S.C. s. 5107); and

(b) this date may be further modified by the commissioner pursuant to regulation or order, based upon any later date approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the provisions of section 1508 of the federal "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-289 (12 U.S.C. s.5107), providing a temporary deadline extension with respect to complying with the licensing requirements for states established pursuant to the provisions of the federal "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," title V of Pub.L.110-289 (12 U.S.C. s.5101 et seq.).

(3) Thereafter, the person licensed or registered shall only continue to engage in any activities for which the license or registration was previously issued if licensed under the "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act," sections 1 through 39 of P.L.2009, c.53 (C.17:11C-51 et seq.).

L.1996, c.157, s.11; amended 2007, c.81, s.9; 2009, c.53, s.47.