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Such books, accounts, and records shall be maintained apart and separate from any other business in which the mortgage lender or mortgage broker is involved.\n\nB\n\nEach mortgage lender required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain, for at least three years after final payment is made on any mortgage loan or the mortgage loan is sold, whichever first occurs, copies of the note, settlement statement, truth-in-lending disclosure, and such other papers or records relating to the loan as may be required by regulation.\n\nC\n\nEach mortgage broker required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain for at least three years after a mortgage loan is made the original contract for his compensation, a copy of the settlement statement, and an account of fees received in connection with the loan, and such other papers or records as may be required by regulation.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1395490,"text":"Every mortgage lender or mortgage broker required to be licensed under this chapter shall maintain in its offices such books, accounts, and records as the Commission may reasonably require in order to determine whether such person is complying with the provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder. Such books, accounts, and records shall be maintained apart and separate from any other business in which the mortgage lender or mortgage broker is involved.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1395491,"text":"Each mortgage lender required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain, for at least three years after final payment is made on any mortgage loan or the mortgage loan is sold, whichever first occurs, copies of the note, settlement statement, truth-in-lending disclosure, and such other papers or records relating to the loan as may be required by regulation.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1395492,"text":"Each mortgage broker required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain for at least three years after a mortgage loan is made the original contract for his compensation, a copy of the settlement statement, and an account of fees received in connection with the loan, and such other papers or records as may be required by regulation.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":53190,"edition_id":2,"name":"Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Brokers","identifier":"16","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":2,"parent_id":53187,"metadata":{"child_laws":30,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:12:24","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:08","permalink":{"id":1493009,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53190,"identifier":"16","token":"6.2\/III\/16","url":"\/6.2\/III\/16\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":53187,"edition_id":2,"name":"Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":3,"parent_id":53152,"metadata":{"child_laws":332,"child_structures":12},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:12:17","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:07","permalink":{"id":1492723,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53187,"identifier":"III","token":"6.2\/III","url":"\/6.2\/III\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":53152,"edition_id":2,"name":"Financial Institutions and Services","identifier":"6.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":10,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":961,"child_structures":89},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:11:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:27:53","permalink":{"id":1490251,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53152,"identifier":"6.2","token":"6.2","url":"\/6.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":373885,"structure_id":53190,"section_number":"6.2-1600","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/6.2-1600\/","token":"6.2\/III\/16\/6.2-1600","metadata":false},{"id":373886,"structure_id":53190,"section_number":"6.2-1601","catch_line":"License requirement","url":"\/6.2-1601\/","token":"6.2\/III\/16\/6.2-1601","metadata":false},{"id":373887,"structure_id":53190,"section_number":"6.2-1602","catch_line":"Persons exempt from chapter","url":"\/6.2-1602\/","token":"6.2\/III\/16\/6.2-1602","metadata":false},{"id":373888,"structure_id":53190,"section_number":"6.2-1603","catch_line":"Application for license; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0062\">62<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1493047,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373894,"identifier":"6.2-1609","token":"6.2\/III\/16\/6.2-1609","url":"\/6.2-1609\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1609\/","token":"6.2\/III\/16\/6.2-1609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retention of books, accounts and records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage lender<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage broker<\/span> required to be licensed under this chapter shall maintain in its <span class=\"dictionary\">offices<\/span> such books, accounts, and records as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may reasonably require in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to determine whether such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> is complying with the provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder. Such books, accounts, and records shall be maintained apart and separate from any other business in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage lender<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage broker<\/span> is involved. <a id=\"paragraph-1395490\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1609\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage lender<\/span> required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain, for at least three years after final payment is made on any <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage loan<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage loan<\/span> is sold, whichever first occurs, copies of the note, <span class=\"dictionary\">settlement<\/span> statement, truth-in-lending disclosure, and such other papers or records relating to the loan as may be required by regulation. <a id=\"paragraph-1395491\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1609\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage broker<\/span> required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain for at least three years after a <span class=\"dictionary\">mortgage loan<\/span> is made the original <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> for his compensation, a copy of the <span class=\"dictionary\">settlement<\/span> statement, and an account of fees received in connection with the loan, and such other papers or records as may be required by regulation. <a id=\"paragraph-1395492\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1609\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETENTION OF BOOKS, ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS (\u00a7 6.2-1609)\n\nA. Every mortgage lender or mortgage broker required to be licensed under this\nchapter shall maintain in its offices such books, accounts, and records as the\nCommission may reasonably require in order to determine whether such person is\ncomplying with the provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted hereunder.\nSuch books, accounts, and records shall be maintained apart and separate from\nany other business in which the mortgage lender or mortgage broker is involved.\n\nB. Each mortgage lender required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain,\nfor at least three years after final payment is made on any mortgage loan or the\nmortgage loan is sold, whichever first occurs, copies of the note, settlement\nstatement, truth-in-lending disclosure, and such other papers or records\nrelating to the loan as may be required by regulation.\n\nC. Each mortgage broker required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain\nfor at least three years after a mortgage loan is made the original contract for\nhis compensation, a copy of the settlement statement, and an account of fees\nreceived in connection with the loan, and such other papers or records as may be\nrequired by regulation.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 596, \u00a7 6.1-417; 1995, c. 62; 2010, c. 794.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}