(a) The commissioner may do one or more of the following:

(1) Deny, suspend, revoke, condition, or decline to renew a mortgage loan originator license for a violation of this division, or any rules or regulations adopted thereunder.

(2) Deny, suspend, revoke, condition, or decline to renew a mortgage loan originator license if an applicant or licensee fails at any time to meet the requirements of Section 22109.1 or 22109.4, or withholds information or makes a material misstatement in an application for a license or license renewal.

(3) Order restitution against a mortgage loan originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator for a violation of this division.

(4) Impose fines on a mortgage loan originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d).

(5) Issue orders or directives to mortgage loan originators under this division as follows:

(A) Order or direct a mortgage loan originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator to desist and refrain from conducting business, including immediate temporary orders to desist and refrain.

(B) Order or direct a mortgage loan originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator to cease any harmful activities or violations of this division, including immediate temporary orders to desist and refrain.

(C) Enter immediate temporary orders to cease business under a license issued pursuant to the authority granted under Section 22100 if the commissioner determines that the license was erroneously granted or the mortgage loan originator is currently in violation of this division.

(D) Order or direct any other affirmative action as the commissioner deems necessary.

(b) The commissioner may impose a civil penalty on a mortgage loan originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator, if the commissioner finds, on the record after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the mortgage loan originator or any finance lender or broker licensee employing a mortgage loan originator has violated or failed to comply with any requirement of this division or any regulation prescribed by the commissioner under this division or order issued under authority of this division.

(c) The maximum amount of penalty for each act or omission described in subdivision (b) shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(d) Each violation or failure to comply with any directive or order of the commissioner is a separate and distinct violation or failure.

(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 160, Sec. 41.5. (SB 36) Effective October 11, 2009.)