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Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§5114 State examination authority

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE LICENSING › § 5114

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A State licensing agency must be able to investigate and examine loan originators who are licensed or who should be licensed under this law. The agency can review books, records, and computer files and can interview officers, workers, contractors, agents, and customers as often as needed to look into complaints or check compliance. The agency’s power applies even if someone says they are licensed or says they are not. Anyone under investigation must not knowingly hide, remove, destroy, alter, or conceal records.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §5114

Banks and Banking — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In addition to any authority allowed under State law a State licensing agency shall have the authority to conduct investigations and examinations as follows:
(1)For the purposes of investigating violations or complaints arising under this chapter, or for the purposes of examination, the State licensing agency may review, investigate, or examine any loan originator licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter, as often as necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(2)Each such loan originator shall make available upon request to the State licensing agency the books and records relating to the operations of such originator. The State licensing agency may have access to such books and records and interview the officers, principals, loan originators, employees, independent contractors, agents, and customers of the licensee concerning their business.
(3)The authority of this section shall remain in effect, whether such a loan originator acts or claims to act under any licensing or registration law of such State, or claims to act without such authority.
(4)No person subject to investigation or examination under this section may knowingly withhold, abstract, remove, mutilate, destroy, or secrete any books, records, computer records, or other information.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 5114

Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73