Fin. Code, § 50122

(a) Except as provided in Section 50120, the information provided on an application for a residential mortgage lender, residential mortgage servicer, or residential mortgage lender and servicer license shall be sworn testimony on a form prescribed by the commissioner. If an applicant proposes to engage in business as a residential mortgage loan servicer as well as a residential mortgage lender, this information shall be set forth in the application. The commissioner may issue a license under this chapter to engage in business as a residential mortgage lender or to engage in business as a residential mortgage lender and residential mortgage loan servicer. A person filing an application under this chapter to engage in business as a residential mortgage lender and a residential mortgage loan servicer is not required to file an application under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 50130).

(b) The application shall contain the name and complete business and residential address or addresses of the applicant. If the applicant is a partnership, association, corporation, or other entity, the application shall contain the names and complete business and residential addresses of each member, director, and principal officer. The application also shall include a description of the activities of the applicant in the detail and for the periods that the commissioner may require, including all of the following:

(1) A statement of financial solvency, noting the net worth requirements and supported by an audited financial statement prepared by an independent certified public accountant, and access to the supporting credit information as required by this division.

(2) A statement that the applicant or its members, directors, or principals, as appropriate, are at least 18 years of age. The statement may be made by providing each person’s date of birth.

(3) Information as to the character, fitness, financial and business responsibility, background, experience, and criminal convictions of any of the following:

(A) Any person that owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10 percent or more of any class of stock of the applicant.

(B) Any person that controls, directly or indirectly, the election of 25 percent or more of the members of the board of directors of an applicant.

(C) Any person or entity that significantly influences or controls the management of the applicant.

(4) A description of any disciplinary action filed under any other license through which the person conducts its business.

(5) A description of any adverse judgments entered in court actions filed by borrowers based upon allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, or dishonesty in the conduct of the person’s business.

(6) A copy of the fidelity bond currently in effect.

(7) Other information as required by rule of the commissioner.