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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61967</law_id><section_number>6.2-1622</section_number><catch_line>Cease and desist orders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1624</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Brokers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> determines that any <span class="dictionary">mortgage lender</span> or <span class="dictionary">mortgage broker</span> required to be licensed hereunder has violated any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may, upon 21 days&#x2019; notice in writing, <span class="dictionary">order</span> such <span class="dictionary">person</span> to cease and desist from such practices and to comply with the provisions of this chapter. The notice shall be sent by certified mail to the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> place of business of such <span class="dictionary">mortgage lender</span> or <span class="dictionary">mortgage broker</span> and shall state the grounds for the contemplated action. <a id="paragraph-226201" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1622/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Within 14 days of mailing the notice, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> named therein may file with the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a written request for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. If a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is requested, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a cease and desist <span class="dictionary">order</span> except based upon <span class="dictionary">findings</span> made at the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. The <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 12.1. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may enforce compliance with any such <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued under this section by imposition and collection of such fines and penalties as may be prescribed by <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> regulations. <a id="paragraph-226202" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1622/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 596, &#xA7; 6.1-426; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
