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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76977</law_id><section_number>6.2-1706</section_number><catch_line>Qualifications</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1707</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><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>. If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> fails to make such <span class="dictionary">findings</span>, no license shall be issued and the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for such denial. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not base a license denial, in whole or in part, on an applicant&#x2019;s credit score, nor shall it use a credit report as the sole basis for license denial.</p></section></text><history>2009, cc. 273, 453, &#xA7; 6.1-431.7; 2010, c. 794; 2014, cc. 295, 343; 2019, c. 740.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
