17:9A-455 Relocation of commercial lending company

74. a. No commercial lending company which is licensed to establish a commercial lending office shall relocate that office unless the commissioner shall have first approved that relocation and issued a license authorizing the commercial lending company to establish the office at the new site.

b. If the commissioner finds the following with respect to an application by a commercial lending company to relocate a commercial lending office, the commissioner shall approve the application

(1) If the new site of the office is in the same vicinity as the old site, that the relocation of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage; or

(2) If the new site of the office is not in the same vicinity as the old site:

(a) That the relocation of the office from the old site will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage in the area which is primarily served by the office at the old site; and

(b) That the relocation of the office to the new site will promote the public convenience and advantage.

If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.

c. Whenever an application by a commercial lending company for approval to relocate a commercial lending office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing the commercial lending company to establish an office at the new site have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall issue the license.

d. Promptly after a commercial lending company which is licensed to establish a commercial lending office relocates its office, that commercial lending company shall surrender to the commissioner the license which authorized it to establish an office at the old site.

L.1996,c.17,s.74.