Non-Depository Services Division
Contact Information | Complaints | Bond for Deed | Check Cashers |
Collection Agencies | Consumer Loan Broker | Credit Repair | Insurance Premium Finance |
Licensed Lenders | Notification Filers | Pawnbrokers |
Payday Lenders/Deferred Presentment/Small Loan Lenders |
Residential Mortgage Lenders/Brokers | Repossession Agencies & Agents |
Sale of Checks/Money Orders/Transmitters |
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) |
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NMLS Hours of Operation and Call Center Hours |
News and Information:
Custodian of Records - Michelle Jeansonne
NOTICE:
Most non-depository programs require that a
licensee pay a fee and provide
prior written notification of any changes such as:
change of control in ownership or stock transfers,
change of name,
change of location,
change in legal identity,
addition of trade name, etc.
To avoid severe penalties for failure to provide prior
written notice, contact this office
at least 30 days prior to any changes that you may be considering.
IMPORTANT! Applicants are not licensed to operate until a license is received.
This division is responsible for the licensing, supervision, and regulation of 11 programs. For brief descriptions of the types of entities supervised by this division click here. For information regarding filing a complaint click here. The e-mail address for the Non-Depository Division is ofilicensing@ofi.la.gov.
Bond for Deed
A person (escrow agent) is designated through a
contract to distribute payments in installments for the purchase of real
property. After
payment of a stipulated sum the person delivers title of the real property to
the buyer.
Check Cashers
A person, unless otherwise exempt, who
accepts compensation for cashing checks, drafts, money orders, or other
commercial paper.
Licensed Lenders
Persons engaged in the business of
making consumer loans and financing insurance premiums (finance companies).
Notification Filers
Persons engaged in selling goods or
services on credit and persons who take assignment of or undertake direct
collection of payments from or enforcement of rights against debtors arising
from these sales or loans.
Pawnbrokers
Persons who lend money on a deposit or
pledge or who take items into possession as security for money advanced.
Deferred Presentment and
Small Loans (Payday Lenders)
Persons who make loans of $350 or less for a
term of 60 days or less.
Deferred presentment
transactions are small loans of $350 or less where the lender accepts a check
from the borrower and agrees to hold it for a period of 30 days or less prior to
negotiation or presentment to the bank.
Repossession Agents
Persons who physically obtain
possession of collateral for a secured party and engage in the business or
accept employment to locate and recover collateral pursuant to the Louisiana
Default Remedies Act, R.S. 6:965, et seq.
Residential Mortgage
Lenders/Brokers
Persons who, for compensation or the
expectation of compensation, obtain or offer to obtain loans secured by
mortgages on residential property located in Louisiana.
The term includes both
lenders and brokers.
All Non-Depository Statues, Regulations and Advisories
Updated October 24, 2022