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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82877</law_id><section_number>6.2-1625</section_number><catch_line>Criminal penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> not exempt from the licensure requirements of this chapter who acts as a <span class="dictionary">mortgage lender</span> or <span class="dictionary">mortgage broker</span> in the Commonwealth without having obtained a license is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. For the purposes of this section, each violation shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 596, &#xA7; 6.1-429; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
