The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 073 : Licensed Lenders, Mortgage Brokers, Mortgage Loan Originators, Sales Finance Companies, and Loan Solicitation Companies
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 2203a)-
§ 2203a. Additional bond; liquid assets to be maintained
(a) If the Commissioner finds at any time that a licensee’s bond is insecure, exhausted, insufficient, or otherwise doubtful, the Commissioner shall require one or more additional bonds meeting the standards set forth in section 2203 of this title. The licensee shall file the bond within 10 days of the Commissioner’s written demand to do so.
(b) Every licensee, except as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, shall maintain at all times assets in amounts as set forth in section 2203 of this title, or in such greater amount deemed necessary by the Commissioner. Assets must be either in liquid form available for the operation of or actually used in the conduct of such business at the location specified in the license.
(c) Every licensee making commercial loans shall maintain liquid assets in an amount deemed necessary by the Commissioner, but in no event less than $50,000.00. (Amended 1983, No. 35, § 3; 1989, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; 2009, No. 29, § 1; 2019, No. 20, § 8.)
