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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Consumer Credit" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Mortgage Lender Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “affiliate” means any company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with an institution described in subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union incorporated or chartered under the laws of this State or the United States or any other–state bank having a branch in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any insurance company authorized to do business in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any corporate instrumentality of the Government of the United States including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Federal National Mortgage Association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Government National Mortgage Association; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A trust established by any corporate instrumentality of the Government of the United States for the purpose of acquiring mortgage loans;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any person who takes back a deferred purchase money mortgage in connection with the sale of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A dwelling or residential real estate owned by, and titled in the name of, that person; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A new residential dwelling that the person built;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A nonprofit charitable organization registered with the Maryland Secretary of State or a nonprofit religious organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An employer making a mortgage loan to an employee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A person making a mortgage loan to a borrower who is the person’s spouse, child, child’s spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or grandchild’s spouse;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A real estate broker who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is licensed in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Makes a mortgage loan providing a repayment schedule of 2 years or less to assist the borrower in the purchase or sale of a dwelling or residential real estate through the broker;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>A home improvement contractor licensed under the Maryland Home Improvement Law who assigns a mortgage loan without recourse within 30 days after completion of the contract to a person licensed under this subtitle or to an institution that is exempt from this subtitle under item (1), (2), or (10) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>A subsidiary or affiliate of an institution described in subsection (c) of this section, which subsidiary or affiliate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is subject to audit or examination by a regulatory body or agency of this State or the state where the subsidiary or affiliate maintains its principal office; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Files with the Commissioner, prior to making mortgage loans, information sufficient to identify:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The correct corporate name of the subsidiary or affiliate;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>An address and telephone number of a contact person for the subsidiary or affiliate;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A resident agent; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Any additional information considered necessary by the Commissioner for protection of the public;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Any employee benefit plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code § 401 or persons acting as fiduciaries with respect to such a plan, making mortgage loans solely to plan participants from plan assets;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Employees acting within the scope of their employment with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A licensed mortgage lender; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A person who is exempt from licensure under this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>A passive trust.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The exemption in subsection (b)(10) of this section applies to subsidiaries and affiliates of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union incorporated or chartered under the laws of this State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other–state bank, as that term is defined in § 5–1001 of this article, having a branch that accepts deposits in this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The exemptions provided in subsection (b) of this section do not apply to any person who has been denied a license to engage in business as a mortgage lender or real estate broker or whose license to engage in such activities has been suspended or revoked within the 3 immediately preceding calendar years.</text>
  </level>
</section>
