(a) Amendments to License Records Required. Unless Tex. Fin. Code §156.211 applies and requires additional notice, a mortgage company must amend its NMLS license records (MU1 filing) within 10 days after any material change occurs affecting any aspect of the MU1 filing, including but not limited to:
  (1) name (which must be accompanied by supporting documentation submitted to the Department establishing the name change);
  (2) the addition or elimination of an assumed name (a/k/a trade name or "doing business as" name; which must be accompanied by a certificate of assumed business name or other documentation establishing or abandoning the assumed name);
  (3) the contact information for the mortgage company listed in the MU1 filing under "Identifying Information":
    (A) principal address (main address);
    (B) mailing address;
    (C) phone number;
    (D) fax number; and
    (E) email address;
  (4) the contact information listed under "Resident/Registered Agent";
  (5) the contact information listed under "Contact Employee Information;" and
  (6) answers to disclosure questions (which must be accompanied by explanations for each such disclosure, together with supporting documentation concerning such disclosure).
(b) Amendments to MU2 Associations Required. A mortgage company must cause the individuals who are required to register an association with the mortgage company (MU2 filing) to do so within the NMLS system and must ensure such associations are amended within 10 days after any material change occurs affecting such associations.
(c) Branch Office License Required. A mortgage company must apply for and obtain a branch office license for each office constituting a branch office of the mortgage company for purposes of §80.206 of this title (relating to Office Locations; Remote Work), which must be licensed prior to conducting operations at such office. The application must be submitted through NMLS and must be made using the appropriate form prescribed by NMLS (MU3 filing). A mortgage company must amend its MU3 filing to surrender the branch office license within 10 days after closing a branch office.
(d) Notice to Licensee. Service of any correspondence, notification, alert, message, official notice or other written communication issued by the Department will be served on the licensee in accordance with this subsection utilizing the licensee's current contact information of record in NMLS unless another method is prescribed by other applicable law (notice to the mortgage company in a matter referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for an adjudicative hearing will be performed in accordance with 1 Texas Administrative Code §155.105).
  (1) Service by Email. Service by email will be made utilizing the email address the mortgage company has designated in its MU1 filing listed under "Identifying Information." Service by email is complete on transmission of the email by the Department to the mortgage company's email service provider; provided, the Department does not receive a "bounce back" notification, or similar, from the email service provider indicating that delivery was not effective. The mortgage company has an ongoing duty and a continuing obligation to monitor such email account including to ensure that correspondence from the Department is not lost in a "spam" or similar folder, or undelivered due to intervention by a "spam filter" or similar service. A mortgage company is deemed to have constructive notice of any email correspondence or NMLS system notifications sent to the email address it has designated in its MU1 filing listed under "Identifying Information."
  (2) Service by Mail. Service by mail is complete on deposit of the document, postpaid and properly addressed, in the mail or with a commercial delivery service. If service is made on the mortgage company by mail and the document communicates a deadline by or a time during which the mortgage company must perform some act, such deadline or time period for action is extended by three days. However, if service was made by another method prescribed by this subsection, such deadline or time period will be calculated based on the earliest possible deadline or shortest applicable time period.

Source Note: The provisions of this §80.107 adopted to be effective November 4, 2021, 46 TexReg 7387