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DIVISION 20. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LENDING ACT 50000-50706›CHAPTER 4. Financial Condition, Transaction and Bond Requirements 50200-50209

§ 50201

California Financial Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A licensee issued a license for purposes of making or servicing residential mortgage loans, including a licensee employing one or more mortgage loan originators, shall continuously maintain a minimum tangible net worth at all times of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). The commissioner, in his or her discretion, may require a lender who engages in the activities described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (m) of Section 50003 to continuously maintain a minimum tangible net worth of an amount that is greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), but that does not exceed the net worth required of an approved lender under the Federal Housing Administration.

(b) Tangible net worth shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) The commissioner may promulgate rules or regulations with respect to the requirements for minimum net worth, as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this division and comply with the SAFE Act.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 797, Sec. 2. (SB 657) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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