Virginia Administrative Code
Title 10 - FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
Chapter 220 - QUALIFIED EDUCATION LOAN SERVICERS
Section 10VAC5-220-40 - Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry

A. Applications for a license under Chapter 26 shall be made through the Registry in accordance with instructions provided by the commissioner. The commissioner may provide these instructions through the Registry, on the commission's website, or by any other means the commissioner deems appropriate.

B. Every licensee shall maintain current information in its records with the Registry. Except as otherwise required by §§ 6.2-2607C and 6.2-2612A of the Code of Virginia, any changes to a licensee's information in its records shall be updated no later than 30 days from when the change takes effect.

C. If (i) any provision of Chapter 26 requires a licensee to provide the bureau, commissioner, or commission with a written notice and (ii) the Registry enables licensees to submit such notice through the Registry, then a licensee shall be deemed to have complied with the written notice requirement if the licensee timely submits the required notice through the Registry.

D. A qualified education loan servicer license shall expire at the end of each calendar year unless it is renewed by a licensee on or after November 1 of the same year. However, licenses that are granted between November 1 and December 31 shall not expire until the end of the following calendar year. Except as otherwise provided in § 6.2-2602B 2 of the Code of Virginia, a license shall be renewed upon the commissioner finding that the licensee has (i) requested license renewal through the Registry and (ii) complied with any requirements associated with the renewal request that are imposed by the Registry.

E. If a licensee fails to timely meet the requirements specified in subsection D of this section but meets such requirements before March 1 of the following calendar year, the license shall be reinstated and renewed upon payment of a reinstatement fee of $100.