Virginia Administrative Code
Title 10 - FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
Chapter 160 - RULES GOVERNING MORTGAGE LENDERS AND BROKERS
Section 10VAC5-160-25 - Books, accounts, and records
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. A licensee shall maintain in its licensed offices all books, accounts, and records required by Chapter 16 and this chapter.
B. A licensee may maintain records electronically provided (i) the records are readily available for examination by the bureau and (ii) the licensee complies with the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (§ 59.1-479 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ( 15 USC § 7001 et seq.). However, the written agreement specified in § 6.2-1616B 4 of the Code of Virginia shall be maintained in the form in which it was originally provided and executed.
C. A licensee shall continuously maintain a mortgage loan transaction journal that includes the following information for each application received:
D. If a licensee disposes of records containing a consumer's personal or financial information following the expiration of any applicable record retention periods, such records shall be shredded, incinerated, or otherwise disposed of in a secure manner. Licensees may arrange for service from a business record destruction vendor.
Statutory Authority: §§ 6.2-1613 and 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia (10VAC5-160-10 through 10VAC5-160-90 ).