Delaware Code Title 5. Banking § 2102. License required

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, every person desiring to transact the business of a mortgage loan broker shall be required to obtain a license under this chapter; provided however, that a person who acts as a mortgage loan broker with respect to 5 or fewer mortgage loans within any 12-month period shall be deemed not to be transacting the business of a mortgage loan broker. The licensing requirements of this chapter shall not apply to:

(1) Any banking organization, out-of-state state or national bank, state or federal savings bank or savings and loan association, credit union, licensed lender or insurance company; provided, that such person is licensed (or exempt from licensing) by, and is subject to regulation or supervision of, any agency of the United States or this State;

(2) Any person licensed to practice law in this State, not actively and principally engaged in the mortgage loan brokerage business, when such person renders services in the course of such person's practice as an attorney at law;

(3) Any person licensed in this State as a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson, not actively and principally engaged in the mortgage loan brokerage business, when such person renders services in the course of the person's business as a real estate broker or salesperson; or

(4) Any person employed as an employee or agent for a single licensed or exempt mortgage loan broker; provided, that any fees paid by borrowers are paid to the licensed or exempt mortgage loan broker and not to the employee or agent.

Any person conducting a mortgage loan brokerage business but exempted from the licensing requirements of this section shall nevertheless be subject to the provisions of § 2114 of this title in the conduct of such business.

(b) The Commissioner shall be authorized to exempt such persons or classes of persons, or such activities, from the licensing or other provisions of this chapter as the Commissioner shall find inappropriate to include within the coverage of this chapter in order to effectuate its purposes.

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