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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85304</law_id><section_number>6.2-1701.1</section_number><catch_line>Bona fide nonprofit organizations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1701</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="17">Mortgage Loan Originators</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall prescribe by regulation (i) the procedures and criteria that it will use to determine whether an organization is a bona fide nonprofit organization and (ii) the information and fees that must be submitted by an organization to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in connection with a request for a determination under this section. In establishing the criteria for a bona fide nonprofit organization, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall give consideration to the criteria that have been adopted by the Consumer Financial Protection <span class="dictionary">Bureau</span> or any other federal agency with rulemaking authority under the <span class="dictionary">Act</span>. <a id="paragraph-305651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1701.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall, as often as it deems necessary, investigate and periodically examine the business activities, books, and records of any bona fide nonprofit organization insofar as they pertain to the criteria that the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> has prescribed pursuant to clause (i) of subsection A. In the course of such investigations and examinations, the organization being investigated or examined shall, upon demand of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making such investigation or examination, afford full access to all books, records, and information that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making such investigation or examination deems necessary. <a id="paragraph-305652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1701.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, revoke its determination that an organization is a bona fide nonprofit organization if it finds that the organization no longer meets the criteria prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> pursuant to clause (i) of subsection A. <a id="paragraph-305653" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1701.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 52, 187.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
