Ind. Code § 23-2-5-4 – License to engage in loan brokerage business required; license to act as mortgage loan originator or principal manager required; unique identifier required; evidence of compliance; criminal background

(a) A person may not engage in the loan brokerage business in Indiana unless the person first obtains a loan broker license from the commissioner. Any person desiring to engage or continue in the loan brokerage business shall apply to the commissioner for a loan broker license under this chapter.
(b) An individual may not act as a mortgage loan originator in Indiana on behalf of a person licensed or required to be licensed as a loan broker under this chapter unless the individual first obtains a unique identifier from the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and a mortgage loan originator license from the commissioner. An individual desiring to act as a mortgage loan originator on behalf of a person licensed or required to be licensed as a loan broker under this chapter shall apply to the commissioner for a mortgage loan originator license under this chapter.
(c) An individual may not act as a principal manager on behalf of a person licensed or required to be licensed as a loan broker under this chapter unless the individual first obtains a unique identifier from the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and a principal manager license from the commissioner. Any individual desiring to act as a principal manager on behalf of a person licensed or required to be licensed as a loan broker under this chapter shall apply to the commissioner for a principal manager license under this chapter.
(d) The commissioner may request evidence of compliance with this section at any of the following times:
1. (1) The time of application for an initial license.
2. (2) The time of renewal of a license.
3. (3) Any other time considered necessary by the commissioner.
(e) For purposes of subsection (d), evidence of compliance with this section must include a criminal background check, including a national criminal history background check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12 ) by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(f) A unique identifier obtained by an individual from the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry under subsection
(b) or (c) may not be used for purposes other than those set forth in the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (Title V of P.L.110-289).

As added by P.L.235-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.230-1999, SEC.2; P.L.230-2007, SEC.7; P.L.145-2008, SEC.11; P.L.156-2009, SEC.2.