The following are exempt from the requirement of obtaining a mortgage loan originator license:

(1) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 54-14-20.1

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC

(2) Any individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by a dwelling that served as the individual’s residence; or

(3) Any individual who, on, before, or after July 1, 2017, offers or negotiates terms of five or fewer nonresidential mortgage loans in a twelve-month period as long as the total amount of the loans outstanding does not exceed four million dollars.

Source: SL 2009, ch 251, § 23; SL 2012, ch 237, § 1; SL 2017, ch 207, § 2.