2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 58 - Financial Institutions and Regulations › Article 21B - New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing › Section 58-21B-5 - State license and registration application and issuance.

A. Applicants for a license shall apply in a form as prescribed by the director. Each form shall contain content as set forth by rule, instruction or procedure of the director and may be changed or updated as necessary by the director in order to carry out the purposes of the New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act.
B. In order to fulfill the purposes of the New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act, the director may establish relationships or contracts with the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry or other entities designated by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry to collect and maintain records and process transaction fees or other fees related to licensed mortgage loan originators or other individuals subject to that act.
C. In connection with an application for licensing as a mortgage loan originator, the applicant shall, at a minimum, furnish to the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry information concerning the applicant's identity, including:
(1) fingerprints for submission to the federal bureau of investigation and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information for a state, national and international criminal history background check; and
(2) personal history and experience in a form prescribed by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry, including the submission of authorization for the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry and the director to obtain:
(a) an independent credit report obtained from a consumer reporting agency described in Section 603(p) of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; and
(b) information related to any administrative, civil or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction.
D. For the purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact that the federal bureau of investigation may have to maintain for purposes of Paragraph (1) of Subsection C of this section and Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of this section, the director may use the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry as a channeling agent for requesting information from and distributing information to the federal department of justice or any governmental agency with mortgage industry oversight authority.
E. For the purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact that the director may have to maintain for purposes of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of this section, the director may use the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry as a channeling agent for requesting and distributing information to and from any source as directed by the director.
History:
Laws 2009, ch. 122, § 5; 2019, ch. 144, § 6.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2019 amendment,
effective July 1, 2019, replaced "nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry" with "nationwide multistate licensing system and registry"; and after each occurrence of "nationwide", deleted "mortgage" and added "multistate".
Severability.
— Laws 2009, ch. 122, § 60 provided that if any part or application of this act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.