Texas Administrative Code
Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES
Part 4 - DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING
Chapter 57 - MORTGAGE BANKERS
Subchapter B - REGISTRATION
Section 57.100 - Registration Requirements

Universal Citation: 7 TX Admin Code § 57.100

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) Registration Required. A person, unless exempt as provided by Finance Code § 157.004, is required to be registered with SML as a mortgage banker under Finance Code Chapter 157 if the person engages in or conducts the business of a mortgage banker or advertises or holds that person out to the public as engaging in or conducting the business of a mortgage banker concerning a loan or prospective loan secured or designed to be secured by residential real estate located in Texas, including, but not limited to:

(1) representing or holding that person out to the public through advertising or other means of communication as a mortgage banker; and

(2) receiving compensation for engaging in or conducting the business of a mortgage banker (a person must be registered at the time it receives compensation even if the compensation relates to services provided when the person was registered).

(b) Branch Office Registration Required. A mortgage banker must register each office constituting a branch office of the mortgage banker for purposes of § 57.206 of this title (relating to Office Locations; Remote Work).

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