Colorado § 12-10-720 Violations - injunctions

Colorado Statutes

§ 12-10-720 — Violations - injunctions

Colorado·Title 12 Professions·Art. Real Estate

(1)(a) Any individual violating this part 7 by acting as a mortgage loan originator in this state without having obtained a license or by acting as a mortgage loan originator after that individual's license has been revoked or during any period for which the license may have been suspended commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501; except that, if the violator is not a natural person, the violator shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

(b)Each residential mortgage loan negotiated or offered to be negotiated by an unlicensed person shall be a separate violation of this subsection (1).

(2)The board may request that an action be brought in the name of the people of the state of Colorado by the attorney genera

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(1) (a) Any individual violating this part 7
by acting as a mortgage loan originator in this state without having obtained a
license or by acting as a mortgage loan originator after that individual's license has
been revoked or during any period for which the license may have been suspended
commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501; except that, if the violator is not a natural person, the violator shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

(b) Each residential mortgage loan negotiated or offered to be negotiated by
an unlicensed person shall be a separate violation of this subsection (1).

(2) The board may request that an action be brought in the name of the
people of the state of Colorado by the attorney general or the district attorney of
the district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred to enjoin a person from
engaging in or continuing the violation or from doing any act that furthers the
violation. In such an action, an order or judgment may be entered awarding the
preliminary or final injunction as is deemed proper by the court. The notice, hearing,
or duration of an injunction or restraining order shall be made in accordance with
the Colorado rules of civil procedure.

(3) A violation of this part 7 shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any mortgage.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 709, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1)(a) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3154, � 139, effective March 1, 2022.