(a) The financial responsibility, experience, character and general fitness of the applicant, and of the applicant’s members if the applicant is a partnership or association, and of the applicant’s officers and directors if the applicant is a corporation, are such as to command the confidence of the community and to warrant the belief that the business will be operated honestly, fairly and efficiently within the purposes of this chapter;
(b) Grounds to disapprove an application described in ORS 725.145 do not exist and that, in the judgment of the director, no other reasons or conditions warrant the refusal to grant a license; and
(c) The applicant obtained a corporate surety bond that meets the requirements specified in ORS 86A.227 if the applicant employs or intends to employ a mortgage loan originator, as defined in ORS 86A.200, or is otherwise subject to ORS 86A.200 to 86A.239.
(2) A license issued under this section is a continuing license and remains in full force and effect until the licensee surrenders the license as provided in ORS 725.250 or the director revokes or suspends the license as provided in ORS 725.230.
(3) The director, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, may issue a license under this section by means of an agreement with the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and may, by rule, conform the practices, procedures and information that the Department of Consumer and Business Services uses to issue a license to the requirements of the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System. [Amended by 1955 c.71 §5; 1963 c.167 §1; 1977 c.135 §50; 1985 c.762 §115; 1999 c.469 §2; 2009 c.863 §34; 2019 c.106 §6]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance
Chapter 725 - Consumer Finance
Section 725.010 - Definitions.
Section 725.050 - Prohibited transactions.
Section 725.120 - Application for license; annual fee.
Section 725.140 - Issuance of license; conditions.
Section 725.145 - Disapproval of application for license.
Section 725.185 - License fees; fees for extra service.
Section 725.190 - Report of licensee; penalty for failure to report.
Section 725.220 - Change of place of business.
Section 725.230 - Revocation and suspension of licenses.
Section 725.235 - Procedure for license denial, revocation or suspension.
Section 725.250 - Surrender of license.
Section 725.310 - Investigation and examination by director.
Section 725.312 - Inspection and examination of licensees.
Section 725.340 - Interest and other charges.
Section 725.345 - Open-end loan plan; interest; security for plan; necessary disclosures.
Section 725.347 - Open-end credit card plan authorized.
Section 725.355 - Prohibition against assignment of earnings for loan security.
Section 725.360 - Licensee duty toward borrowers.
Section 725.385 - Duty to give notice of defalcation to law enforcement officer, director; audit.
Section 725.400 - Cease and desist order.