(a) In this section, “depository institution,” “dwelling,” and “federal banking agency” have the meanings assigned by § 180.002.

Terms Used In Texas Finance Code 156.202

  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(a-1) The following entities are exempt from this chapter:
(1) a nonprofit organization:
(A) providing self-help housing that originates zero interest residential mortgage loans for borrowers who have provided part of the labor to construct the dwelling securing the loan; or
(B) that has designation as a Section 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service and originates residential mortgage loans for borrowers who, through a self-help program, have provided at least 200 labor hours or 65 percent of the labor to construct the dwelling securing the loan;
(2) a mortgage banker registered under Chapter 157;
(3) subject to Subsection (b), any owner of residential real estate who in any 12-consecutive-month period makes no more than three residential mortgage loans to purchasers of the property for all or part of the purchase price of the residential real estate against which the mortgage is secured; and
(4) an entity that is:
(A) a depository institution;
(B) a subsidiary of a depository institution that is:
(i) owned and controlled by the depository institution; and
(ii) regulated by a federal banking agency; or
(C) an institution regulated by the Farm Credit Administration.
(a-2) A person is not required to obtain a license or registration under this chapter to originate a loan subject to Chapter 342 or a loan governed by § 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, if the person:
(1) is enrolled in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry;
(2) is licensed under Chapter 342; and
(3) makes consumer loans subject to:
(A) Subchapter G, Chapter 342; and
(B) Subchapter E or F, Chapter 342.
(b) In determining eligibility for an exemption under Subsection (a-1)(3), two or more owners of residential real estate are considered a single owner for the purpose of computing the number of mortgage loans made within the period specified by that subdivision if any of the owners are an entity or an affiliate of an entity, including a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, as defined by § 1.002, Business Organizations Code.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160, Sec. 87(5), eff. September 1, 2013.

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