Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 2202a

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 2202a. Application for commercial lender license

(a) Application for a license for a lender making solely commercial loans shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the Commissioner, and shall contain the name and address of the residence and the place of business of the applicant and, if the applicant is a partnership or association, of every member thereof, and, if a corporation, of each officer, director, and control person thereof; the county and municipality with street and number, if any, where the business is to be conducted; and such further information as the Commissioner may require.

(b) At the time of making application, the applicant shall pay to the Commissioner an initial licensing fee and an application and investigation fee pursuant to subdivision 2102(b)(2) of this title.

(c) In connection with an application for a commercial lender license, the applicant and each officer, director, and control person of the applicant shall furnish to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry information concerning the applicant’s identity and the identity of each of the applicant’s officers, directors, and control persons, including:

(1) fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and for any other governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information for a state, national, and international criminal history background check;

(2) personal history and experience in a form prescribed by the NMLS, including the submission of authorization for the NMLS and the Commissioner to obtain information related to any administrative, civil, or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction; and

(3) any other information required by the NMLS or the Commissioner. (Added 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 24c; amended 2019, No. 20, § 6.)