TITLE 7
BANKING AND FINANCE
ARTICLE 13
LICENSING OF MORTGAGE LENDERS AND MORTGAGE BROKERS
7-3-12. Books, records, and reports.
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Each licensee shall keep and use in his business sufficient books and records to enable the Commissioner to determine whether or not the licensee is complying with this chapter or any other Act under which such licensee is operating, and such licensee shall preserve such record for at least four years after making the final entry thereon. The renewal or refinancing of a loan shall not constitute a final entry.
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The Commissioner may, under rules and regulations promulgated by him under the procedure provided in Code Section 7-3-7, require annual reports from licensees to facilitate the performance of his duties and to regulate effectively the making of loans under this chapter.
(Ga. L. 1904, p. 79, § 6; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3454, 3455; Ga. L. 1920, p. 215, § 11; Code 1933, §§ 25-209, 25-210, 25-310; Ga. L. 1955, p. 431, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 7.)
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in
Robinson v. Colonial Disct. Co., 106 Ga. App. 274, 126 S.E.2d 824 (1962).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 54 Am. Jur. 2d, Moneylenders and Pawnbrokers,
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23 et seq.