1. In addition to any other action that is required or permitted pursuant to this chapter, if the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that:
(a) The assets or capital of a mortgage broker are impaired; or
(b) A mortgage broker is conducting business in an unsafe and injurious manner that may result in danger to the public,
the Commissioner shall immediately take possession of all the property, business and assets of the mortgage broker that are located in this State and shall retain possession of them pending further proceedings provided for in this chapter.
2. If the licensee, the board of directors or any officer or person in charge of the offices of the mortgage broker refuses to permit the Commissioner to take possession of the property of the mortgage broker pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The Commissioner shall notify the Attorney General; and
(b) The Attorney General shall immediately bring such proceedings as may be necessary to place the Commissioner in immediate possession of the property of the mortgage broker.
3. If the Commissioner takes possession of the property of the mortgage broker, the Commissioner shall:
(a) Make or have made an inventory of the assets and known liabilities of the mortgage broker;
(b) File one copy of the inventory in the office of the Commissioner and one copy in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the principal office of the mortgage broker is located and shall mail one copy to each stockholder, partner, officer, director or associate of the mortgage broker at his or her last known address; and
(c) If the mortgage broker maintains any accounts described in NRS 645B.175, not later than 5 business days after the date on which the Commissioner takes possession of the property of the mortgage broker, mail notice of the possession to the last known address of each person whose money is deposited in such an account or whose money was or should have been deposited in such an account during the preceding 12 months.
4. The clerk of the court with which the copy of the inventory is filed shall file it as any other case or proceeding pending in the court and shall give it a docket number.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1541; A 1981, 1790; 1983, 1707; 1987, 1883; 1999, 3791)
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