Title 40 · WY

40-22-122(c), the commissioner may not suspend or revoke a

Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 40-22-122

Section: 40-22-122

40-22-122(c), the commissioner may not suspend or revoke a license, issue an order to cease and desist, suspend or revoke the designation of an authorized delegate or subdelegate, or assess a civil penalty without notice and an opportunity to be heard. The commissioner shall also hold a hearing when requested to do so by an applicant whose application for a license is denied.

40-22-129. Rulemaking and deposit of fees.

(a) The commissioner shall promulgate all necessary rules to implement and administer this act. (b) All application, renewal, examination and licensing fees, except the amount paid for data processing by the registry or any other entity designated by the registry, shall be deposited by the commissioner with the state treasurer into the financial institutions administration account.

CHAPTER 23 - WYOMING RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE PRACTICES ACT

40-23-101. Short title.

This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Residential Mortgage Practices Act."

40-23-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Borrower" means a person who has applied to a mortgage lender for a residential mortgage loan or on whose behalf the mortgage lending and mortgage brokering activities are conducted;

(ii) "Commissioner" means the state banking commissioner;

(iii) "Control" means owning twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting share of the licensee or having the power to direct the licensee's management or policies;

(iv) "Division" means the division of banking within the department of audit;

(v) "Licensee" means a company licensed under this act as a mortgage broker or a mortgage lender;

(vi) "Mortgage broker" means any company, who for compensation, or in the expectation of compensation, assists a person in obtaining or applying to obtain a residential mortgage loan or holds itself out as being able to assist a person in obtaining or applying to obtain a residential mortgage loan;

(vii) "Mortgage brokerage agreement" means a written agreement in which a mortgage broker agrees to assist the borrower in obtaining a residential mortgage loan; (viii) "Mortgage brokering activities" means for compensation, either directly or indirectly, assisting or offering to assist in the preparation of an application for a residential mortgage loan on behalf of a borrower, or negotiating or offering to negotiate the terms or conditions of a residential mortgage loan with any person making residential mortgage loans;

(ix) "Mortgage lender" means any company, who makes residential mortgage loans to borrowers or holds itself out as able to make mortgage loans;

(x) "Mortgage lending activities" means for compensation, either directly or indirectly, accepting or offering to accept applications for making residential mortgage loans;

(xi) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, public or private;

(xii) "Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act" means the act set forth in 12 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as amended;

(xiii) "Regulation X" means regulation X as promulgated by the consumer financial protection bureau and codified in 12 CFR part 1024 et seq., as amended;

(xiv) "Regulation Z" means regulation Z as promulgated by the consumer financial protection bureau and codified in 12 CFR part 1026 et seq., as amended;

(xv) "Residential mortgage loan" means a first mortgage loan made primarily for personal, family or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other equivalent consensual security interest on a dwelling or residential real estate in Wyoming upon which is constructed or intended to be constructed a dwelling;

(xvi) "Residential real property" means real property improved by a one (1) to four (4) family dwelling;

(xvii) "Truth in Lending Act" means the act set forth in 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq., as amended;

(xviii) "Channeling agent" means the third party licensing system that gathers the application information and distributes it to Wyoming for review for the approval or denial decision;

(xix) "Clerical or support duties" means:

(A) The receipt, collection, distribution and analysis of information common for the processing or underwriting of a residential mortgage loan; and

(B) Communicating with a consumer to obtain the information necessary for the processing or underwriting of a loan, to the extent that such communication does not include offering or negotiating loan rates or terms, or counseling consumers about residential mortgage loan rates or terms.

(xx) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, public or private;

(xxi) "Depository institution" means a company as defined in 12 U.S.C. 1813 of the federal deposit insurance act, and includes any credit union;

(xxii) "Dwelling" means a residential structure that contains one (1) to four (4) units, whether or not that structure is attached to real property. "Dwelling", if it is used as a residence, includes an individual condominium unit, cooperative unit, mobile home and trailer;

(xxiii) "Federal banking agency" means the board of governors of the federal reserve system, the comptroller of the currency, the director of the office of thrift supervision, the national credit union administration or the federal deposit insurance corporation;

(xxiv) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling and any adoptive relationship included in this paragraph;

(xxv) "Individual" means a natural person;

(xxvi) "Loan processor or underwriter" means an individual who performs clerical or support duties as an employee at the direction of and subject to the supervision and instruction of a licensee, or an exempt person under W.S.