Subd. 1. Residential mortgage originator licensing requirements.

1. (a) Beginning August 1, 1999, no person shall act as a residential mortgage originator, or make residential mortgage loans without first obtaining a license from the commissioner according to the licensing procedures provided in this chapter.

2. (b) The following persons are exempt from the residential mortgage originator licensing requirements:

   1. (1) an employee of one mortgage originator licensee or one person holding a certificate of exemption;
   2. (2) a person engaged solely in commercial mortgage activities;

   3. (3) a person licensed as a real estate broker under chapter 82, and an individual licensee who is licensed to the broker if:

      1. (i) the individual licensee acts only under the name, authority, and supervision of the broker to whom the licensee is licensed;
      2. (ii) the broker obtains a certificate of exemption according to section 58.05, subdivision 2;
      3. (iii) the broker does not collect an advance fee for its residential mortgage-related activities; and
      4. (iv) the residential mortgage origination activities are incidental to the real estate licensee's primary activities as a real estate broker or salesperson;

   4. (4) an individual licensed as a property/casualty or life/health insurance agent under chapter 60K if:

      1. (i) the insurance agent acts on behalf of only one residential mortgage originator, which is in compliance with chapter 58;
      2. (ii) the insurance agent has entered into a written contract with the mortgage originator under the terms of which the mortgage originator agrees to accept responsibility for the insurance agent's residential mortgage-related activities;
      3. (iii) the insurance agent obtains a certificate of exemption under section 58.05, subdivision 2; and
      4. (iv) the insurance agent does not collect an advance fee for the insurance agent's residential mortgage-related activities;
   5. (5) a person making no more than five residential mortgage loans with its own funds, during any 12-month period;
   6. (6) a financial institution as defined in section 58.02, subdivision 10;
   7. (7) an agency of the federal government, or of a state or municipal government;
   8. (8) an employee or employer pension plan making loans only to its participants;
   9. (9) a person acting in a fiduciary capacity, such as a trustee or receiver, as a result of a specific order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
   10. (10) a person exempted by order of the commissioner.

Subd. 2. Residential mortgage servicer licensing requirements.

1. (a) Beginning August 1, 1999, no person shall engage in activities or practices that fall within the definition of "servicing a residential mortgage loan" under section 58.02, subdivision 22, without first obtaining a license from the commissioner according to the licensing procedures provided in this chapter.

2. (b) The following persons are exempt from the residential mortgage servicer licensing requirements:

   1. (1) a person licensed as a residential mortgage originator;
   2. (2) an employee of one licensee or one person holding a certificate of exemption based on an exemption under this subdivision;
   3. (3) a person engaged solely in commercial mortgage activities;
   4. (4) a person servicing loans made with its own funds, if no more than five such loans are made in any 12-month period;
   5. (5) a financial institution as defined in section 58.02, subdivision 10;
   6. (6) an agency of the federal government, or of a state or municipal government;
   7. (7) an employee or employer pension plan making loans only to its participants;
   8. (8) a person acting in a fiduciary capacity, such as a trustee or receiver, as a result of a specific order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
   9. (9) a person exempted by order of the commissioner.

Subd. 3. Conducting business under license.

No person required to be licensed under this chapter may, without a license, do business under a name or title or circulate or use advertising or make representations or give information to a person, that indicates or reasonably implies activity within the scope of this chapter.

Subd. 4. Applicability to banks and credit unions.

Except for section 58.13, this chapter does not apply to a bank, savings bank, savings association, or credit union subject to supervision by either a federal regulatory agency or the commissioner.