Georgia § 7-1-1001 - 1. Requirement for mortgage loan originator license; application to sellers of mobile homes.
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§ 7-1-1001. 1. Requirement for mortgage loan originator license; application to sellers of mobile homes.
It shall be prohibited for any person to engage in the activities of a mortgage loan originator without first obtaining and maintaining a mortgage loan originator license as set forth in this article. The department shall have the broad administrative authority to administer, interpret, and enforce this article and the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, and promulgate rules or regulations implementing it, in order to carry out the intentions of the federal legislation. Such administrative authority of the department shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of such federal legislation related to the temporary authority of mortgage loan originators. The provisions of the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 shall apply to the activities of retail sellers of manufactured homes to the extent determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through written guidelines, rules, regulations, or interpretive letters. (Code 1981, § 7-1-1001.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 252, § 1/HB 312; Ga. L. 2011, p. 518, § 8/HB 239; Ga. L. 2019, p. 828, § 33/HB 185.) The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in subsection (a), substituted "It" for "Effective August 1, 2010, it" at the beginning of the first sentence and deleted the former second sentence, which read: "All provisions within this article that relate to the licensing requirements and associated duties and responsibilities of mortgage loan originators shall be effective as of August 1, 2010."; and added the second sentence in subsection (b).
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