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§ 7-1-1016. Regulations relative to advertising

GA Code § 7-1-1016 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) (A) Advertisements for loans regulated under this article shall not be false, misleading, or deceptive. No person whose activities are regulated under this article shall advertise in any manner so as to indicate or imply that its interest rates or charges for loans are in any way "recommended," "approved," "set," or "established" by the state or this article.

(B) An advertisement shall not include an individual's loan number, loan amount, or other publicly available information unless it is clearly and conspicuously stated in boldface type at the beginning of the advertisement that the person disseminating it is not authorized by, in sponsorship with, or otherwise affiliated with the individual's lender, which shall be identified by name. Such an advertisement shall also state that the loan information contained therein was not provided by the recipient's lender;

(2) All advertisements, including websites, disseminated by a licensee or a registrant in this state by any means shall contain the name, license number, Nation-wide Multistate Licensing System and Registry unique identifier, and an office address of such licensee or registrant, which shall conform to a name and address on record with the department; and

(3) No mortgage broker or mortgage lender licensee shall advertise its services in Georgia in any media disseminated in this state, whether print or electronic, without the words "Georgia Residential Mortgage Licensee" or, for those advertisers licensed in more than one state, a listing of Georgia as a state in which the advertiser is licensed.

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§ 7-1-1016. Regulations relative to advertising