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Mortgage Loan Officer Education Pre-Registration, Continuing, Provider, and Criminal Background Provider FAQs

What is the pre-registration education requirement for a mortgage loan officer registrant?

What is the Continuing education requirement for a mortgage loan officer registrant?

If I am an education or examination testing provider, how do I apply to provide these services for mortgage loan officer applicants and registrants, and who do I contact?
If I am a fingerprint provider, how do I apply to provide these services for mortgage loan officer applicants and registrants, and who do I contact?
 
 
Question What is the pre-registration education requirement for a mortgage loan officer registrant?
Answer
  • At least 24 hours of live classroom instruction in Michigan by an instructor approved by the Commissioner.
  • Introductory course is in residential mortgage lending.
  • At least 3 hours of the live classroom instruction concerns State and Federal laws and regulations governing residential mortgage lending, which content is approved by the Commissioner.
  • Exception: There is no pre-registration education requirement for an individual that has been a loan officer for 4½ of the previous 5 years.
 
Question What is the Continuing education requirement for a mortgage loan officer registrant?
Answer
  • At least 6 hours of instruction in a course or courses relevant to the mortgage lending industry.
  • Of the 6 hours of instruction, at least 1.5 hours related to legal and regulatory compliance, and at least 1 hour related to ethics and fraud prevention.
  • May be conducted by a live instructor or may be conducted by electronic means (the internet, digital broadcast, or satellite network).  Course completion by a loan officer registrant must be confirmed if it is conducted by electronic means.
  • Course must be provided by a person approved by the Commissioner.
 
Question

If I am an education or examination testing provider, how do I apply to provide these services for mortgage loan officer applicants and registrants, and who do I contact?

Answer All applicants for loan officer pre-education, continuation education loan officer testing will need to contact the Mortgage Industry Advisory Board once it is established.  The format to apply will be provided upon the establishment of the Board.

Please continue to check the OFIR website for the establishment of the Board, and the requirements to apply to the Board to provide these services.
 
Question

If I am a fingerprint provider, how do I apply to provide these services for mortgage loan officer applicants and registrants, and who do I contact?

Answer All fingerprint and background investigation providers who want to provide such services for Licensees and Registrants of loan officers will need to contact the Mortgage Industry Advisory Board once it is established.  The format to apply will be provided upon the establishment of the Board.

Please continue to check the OFIR website for the establishment of the Board, and the requirements to apply to the Board to provide these services.
   
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