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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 51 — Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing

§ 5108. Backup authority to establish a nationwide mortgage licensing and registry system

Statutory text

If at any time the Director determines that the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry is failing to meet the requirements and purposes of this chapter for a comprehensive licensing, supervisory, and tracking system for loan originators, the Director shall establish and maintain such a system to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the effective registration and regulation of loan originators.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–289 div. A title V § 1509 · 122 Stat. 2654

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 5108

    Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title V, § 1509, July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2819

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title V, § 1509, July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2819

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1509. BACKUP AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE LICENSING AND REGISTRY SYSTEM.   If at any time the Secretary determines that the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry is failing to meet the requirements and purposes of this title for a comprehensive licensing, supervisory, and tracking system for loan originators, the Secretary shall establish and maintain such a system to carry out the purposes of this title and the effective registration and regulation of loan originators.

  2. Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010

    Pub. L. 111–203 title X § 1100(3) · 124 Stat. 1376

    Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 5108

    Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) by 12 USC 5102 et seq. striking “Secretary” each place that term appears and inserting “Director”;

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

2008–2010 · 2 acts
  1. 2008Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title V, § 1509, , 122 Stat. 2819
  2. 2010Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1100(3), , 124 Stat. 2106.
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(Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title V, § 1509, , 122 Stat. 2819; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1100(3), , 124 Stat. 2106.)

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