OAR 441-860-0060: Equivalent and Related Experience

(1) An applicant or an applicant’s control person who has experience in the following categories shall be given full credit for such experience toward meeting the experience requirement under ORS 86A.106: (a) Origination of loans secured by lien interests in real estate; (b) Negotiation of loans secured by lien interests in real estate; (c) Underwriting of loans secured by lien interests in real estate; or (d) Persons who supervise the activities of those persons enumerated in subsections (a) through (c) of this section. (2) An applicant who has experience in the following categories, within the five year period preceding the application date, may receive partial credit for such experience toward the experience requirement contained in ORS 86A.095 through 86A.198. Credit may be given in only one category listed and for not more than three years actual experience. Credit given shall be in the ratios of actual years of experience to equivalent years credited toward qualification for a mortgage banker and mortgage broker license as set forth below. The remaining years of experience required to qualify for a mortgage banker or mortgage broker license shall be obtained from experience in categories listed in section (1) of this rule. The categories of possible alternative experience for which partial credit is available, and the ratios of actual years of experience to equivalent years credited toward qualification for a mortgage banker or mortgage broker license are: (a) Escrow officer, 3:2; (b) Loan processor with responsibility primarily for loans secured by lien interests on real estate, 3:2; (c) Branch manager of lender with responsibilities primarily for loans not secured by lien interests on real estate, 3:1.5; (d) Loan officer with responsibility primarily for loans not secured by lien interests on real estate, 3:1.5; (e) Paralegal with demonstrated experience in real estate financing matters, 3:1; (f) Real estate broker with an Oregon license or a license from a state with substantially equivalent real estate licensing requirements, 3:1; (g) Title officer with a title company, 3:1; (h) Real estate broker, not within subsection (f) of this section, 3:1; (i) Real estate salesperson with an Oregon license or a license from a state with substantially equivalent licensing requirements, 3:1; (j) Licensed real estate appraiser, 3:1; and (k) Real estate salespersons not included in subsection (i) of this section, 3:0.5. (3) An applicant who does not originate loan applications or negotiate loan terms but who is in the business of selling real estate paper whether as issuer, agent or principal, to persons other than persons enumerated in ORS 59.035, or who engages all or part of the time, for the account of others or for the person's own account, in the business of accepting funds from one or more persons other than persons enumerated in ORS 59.035 for investment in real estate paper, shall be given full credit for experience toward meeting the three of the past five year experience requirement contained for: (a) Experience as a licensed securities salesperson under the provisions of ORS 59.165; or, (b) Experience as a securities salesperson effecting transactions in securities which are exempt from registration under the provisions of ORS 59.025 and 59.035. (4) The individual listed as the experienced person, as described in ORS 86A.106, on the applicant's licensing application may not work, as an employee or independent contractor as the experienced person, for another mortgage banker or mortgage broker.