                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS EXEMPT FROM CHAPTER (§ 6.2-1602)

The following shall be exempt from the licensing and other provisions of this
chapter:

1. Lenders making three or fewer mortgage loans in any period of 12 consecutive
months;

2. Any person subject to the general supervision of or subject to examination by
the Commissioner pursuant to Chapter 7 (&#xA7; 6.2-700 et seq.), 8 (&#xA7;
6.2-800 et seq.), 11 (&#xA7; 6.2-1100 et seq.), 13 (&#xA7; 6.2-1300 et seq.), or
14 (&#xA7; 6.2-1400 et seq.);

3. Any lender authorized to engage in business as a bank, savings institution,
or credit union under the laws of the United States or any state, and
subsidiaries and affiliates of such entities which lender, subsidiary or
affiliate is subject to the general supervision or regulation of or subject to
audit or examination by a regulatory body or agency of the United States or any
state;

4. Nonprofit corporations making mortgage loans to promote home ownership or
improvements for the disadvantaged;

5. Agencies of the federal government, or any state or municipal government, or
any quasi-governmental agency making or brokering mortgage loans under the
specific authority of the laws of any state or the United States;

6. Persons acting as fiduciaries with respect to any employee pension benefit
plan qualified under the Internal Revenue Code who make mortgage loans solely to
plan participants from plan assets;

7. Any insurance company;

8. Persons licensed by the Commonwealth as attorneys, real estate brokers, or
real estate salesmen, not actively and principally engaged in negotiating,
placing or finding mortgage loans, when rendering services as an attorney, real
estate broker or real estate salesman; however, a real estate broker or real
estate salesman who receives any fee, commission, kickback, rebate or other
payment for directly or indirectly negotiating, placing or finding a mortgage
loan for others shall not be exempt from the provisions of this chapter;

9. Persons acting in a fiduciary capacity conferred by authority of any court;

10. Persons licensed as small business investment companies by the Small
Business Administration;

11. The Virginia Housing Development Authority and persons who (i) are approved
by the Virginia Housing Development Authority pursuant to its rules and
regulations to act as field originators with respect to mortgage loans made
under its programs and (ii) are not engaged in any other activities for which a
license is required to be obtained under this chapter; and

12. Persons who make loans or extend credit for any part of the purchase price
of real property owned by such person.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 596, § 6.1-411; 1989, cc. 411, 667; 1992, c. 156; 1995, c.
62; 1996, c. 126; 2003, c. 386; 2010, c. 794; 2012, cc. 53, 188.