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If the Commission fails to make such findings, no license shall be issued and the Commissioner shall notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for such denial. The Commission shall not base a license denial, in whole or in part, on an applicant&#8217;s credit score, nor shall it use a credit report as the sole basis for license denial.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276275,"text":"Upon the filing and investigation of an application for a license and compliance by the applicant with all applicable provisions of this chapter, the Commission shall issue and deliver to the applicant the license applied for to engage in business under this chapter if it finds that the financial responsibility, character, and general fitness of the applicant are such as to warrant belief that the licensee will act as a mortgage loan originator efficiently and fairly, in the public interest, and in accordance with law. If the Commission fails to make such findings, no license shall be issued and the Commissioner shall notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for such denial. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0273\">273<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0453\">453<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>; in 2014, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0295\">295<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0343\">343<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57179,"section_number":"6.2-1707","catch_line":"Other conditions for mortgage loan originator licensing","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1707\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":266167,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76977,"identifier":"6.2-1706","token":"6.2\/III\/17\/6.2-1706","url":"\/6.2-1706\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1706\/","token":"6.2\/III\/17\/6.2-1706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon the filing and investigation of an application for a license and compliance by the applicant with all applicable provisions of this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> and deliver to the applicant the license applied for to engage in business under this chapter if it finds that the financial responsibility, character, and general fitness of the applicant are such as to warrant belief that the <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> will <span class=\"dictionary\">act<\/span> as a <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage loan originator<\/span> efficiently and fairly, in the public interest, and in accordance with <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. 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If the Commission fails to\nmake such findings, no license shall be issued and the Commissioner shall notify\nthe applicant of the denial and the reasons for such denial. The Commission\nshall not base a license denial, in whole or in part, on an applicant&#8217;s\ncredit score, nor shall it use a credit report as the sole basis for license\ndenial.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 273, 453, \u00a7 6.1-431.7; 2010, c. 794; 2014, cc. 295, 343;\n2019, c. 740.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}