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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373940</law_id><section_number>6.2-1721</section_number><catch_line>Cease and desist orders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="17">Mortgage Loan Originators</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> determines that any <span class="dictionary">mortgage loan originator</span> required to be licensed hereunder has violated any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may, upon 21 days&#x2019; notice in writing, <span class="dictionary">order</span> such <span class="dictionary">person</span> to cease and desist from such practices and to comply with the provisions of this chapter. The notice shall be sent by certified mail to the address of record in the <span class="dictionary">Registry</span> for such <span class="dictionary">mortgage loan originator</span> and shall state the grounds for the contemplated action. <a id="paragraph-1395706" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1721/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Within 14 days after the mailing of the notice, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> named therein may file with the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a written request for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. If a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is requested, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a cease and desist <span class="dictionary">order</span> except based upon <span class="dictionary">findings</span> made at the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. The <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 12.1. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may enforce compliance with any such <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued under this section by imposition and collection of such penalties as may be prescribed by <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> regulations. <a id="paragraph-1395707" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1721/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 435.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
