Code of Virginia
Chapter 16 - Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Brokers
§ 6.2-1620. Censuring, suspending, or barring persons

A. The Commission, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may (i) censure a person, (ii) suspend a person for a defined period from any position of employment, management, or control of any licensee, or (iii) bar a person from any position of employment, management, or control of any licensee, if the Commission finds that:
1. The censure, suspension or bar is in the public interest and that the person, after July 1, 2003, has committed or caused a violation of this chapter or any regulation or order of the Commission; or
2. The person, after July 1, 2003, was (i) convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, any crime; (ii) held liable in any civil action by final judgment; or (iii) held liable in any administrative proceeding by any public agency, if the criminal conviction or plea, or the holding in the civil action or administrative proceeding, involved any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a person employed by, or in a position of management or control of, a licensee.
B. Persons suspended or barred under this section are prohibited from participating in any business activity of a licensee and from engaging in any business activity on the premises where a licensee is conducting its business. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit suspended or barred persons from having their personal transactions processed by a licensee.
2003, c. 386, § 6.1-425.1; 2010, c. 794.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services

Chapter 16 - Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Brokers

§ 6.2-1600. Definitions

§ 6.2-1601. License requirement

§ 6.2-1602. Persons exempt from chapter

§ 6.2-1603. Application for license; form; content; fee

§ 6.2-1604. Bond required

§ 6.2-1605. Investigation of applications

§ 6.2-1606. Qualifications

§ 6.2-1607. Licenses; places of business; changes

§ 6.2-1608. Acquisition of control; application

§ 6.2-1609. Retention of books, accounts and records

§ 6.2-1610. Periodic reports

§ 6.2-1611. Investigations; examinations

§ 6.2-1612. Annual fees

§ 6.2-1613. Regulations

§ 6.2-1614. Prohibitions applicable to mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers

§ 6.2-1615. Other prohibitions applicable to mortgage lenders

§ 6.2-1616. Other prohibitions applicable to mortgage brokers

§ 6.2-1617. Application to certain real estate brokers

§ 6.2-1618. Escrow accounts

§ 6.2-1619. Suspension or revocation of license

§ 6.2-1620. Censuring, suspending, or barring persons

§ 6.2-1621. Filing of written report with Commissioner; events affecting activities of licensee

§ 6.2-1622. Cease and desist orders

§ 6.2-1623. Notice of proposed suspension or revocation

§ 6.2-1624. Civil penalties

§ 6.2-1625. Criminal penalties

§ 6.2-1626. Authority of Attorney General; referral by Commission to Attorney General

§ 6.2-1627. Private actions

§ 6.2-1628. Enforcement of prohibitions on certain practices; recovery of attorney fees

§ 6.2-1629. Prohibited practices; authority of the Attorney General