Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.215 – Prohibition on administering escrows in same location as or in conjunction with other businesses; exceptions
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a licensee may not conduct the business of administering escrows for compensation within any office, suite, room or place of business in which any other business is solicited or engaged in, except a notary public, or in association or conjunction with any other business, unless authority to do so is given by the Commissioner.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.215
- administering escrows: means the process of managing, conducting or supervising an escrow or escrow-related transaction as an escrow agent or escrow agency. See Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.010
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Mortgage Lending. See Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.010
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- mortgage: includes a deed of trust. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.037
2. A licensee may conduct the business of administering escrows pursuant to this chapter in the same office or place of business as a mortgage company if:
(a) The licensee and the mortgage company:
(1) Operate as separate legal entities;
(2) Maintain separate accounts, books and records;
(3) Are subsidiaries of the same parent corporation; and
(4) Maintain separate licenses; and
(b) The mortgage company is licensed by this state pursuant to chapter 645B of NRS.