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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373894</law_id><section_number>6.2-1609</section_number><catch_line>Retention of books, accounts and records</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="2" identifier="16">Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Brokers</unit></structure><text>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 596, &#xA7; 6.1-417; 1995, c. 62; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
