8 Hours of 2025 Nevada CE for Mortgage Company Qualified Employees

​​​​​​​The Nevada Division of Mortgage Lending (the Division) requires mortgage company and mortgage servicer qualified employees to take a 1-hour course covering Division-defined mortgage regulation topics as part of the QE's annual continuing education requirement. This course covers topics relating to Nevada qualified employees.

Each licensed mortgage company must have a qualified employee at each location licensed with the Nevada Division of Mortgage Lending. (NRS 645B.021; NAC 645B.030)

A qualified employee is a natural person who is designated by a mortgage company to act on behalf of the mortgage company and who is approved by the Commissioner. (NAC 645B.008)

The first module of this course is an introduction and an overview of the Division. The second module is an outline of the additional requirements for mortgage companies located in Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 645B and Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 645B such as responsibilities, record keeping requirements, and advertisement restrictions. The third module examines other covered services supervised by the Division, such as foreclosure consultants, loan modification consultants, and mortgage servicers. The fourth and last module categories a variety of unfair mortgage lending practices that are prohibited as codified in NRS 598D.

Topics and Learning Objectives

This Nevada QE online continuing education course is broken down into several learning topics. At the end of the course a 15-question final exam will be given. The topics included in this course are:

1. The Nevada Division of Mortgage Lending

2. The Operation of Mortgage Companies

3. Mortgage Lending and Related Professions

4. Unfair Lending Practices

5. Final exam

Total study time: 1 hour (50 minutes)

This course will prepare Nevada licensed qualified employees to:

• Recognize the importance of a licensee's fiduciary duty to consumers.

• Identify the regulatory agency who enforces Nevada's mortgage licensing regulations.

• Review the requirements for obtaining a mortgage company license.

• Describe the requirements for a mortgage brokerage qualified employee.

• Identify the retention period for transaction files.

• Demonstrate the disclosure requirements when working as both a mortgage and a real estate licensee.

• Review the rules when advertising and promoting mortgage products to consumers.

• Identify what a covered service is.

• Summarize who is defined as a foreclosure or loan modification consultant.

• Review the initial and supplemental disclosure requirements for covered service providers.

• Describe the record keeping requirements for foreclosure or loan modification consultants.

• Classify how a person obtains authorization to become a mortgage servicer.

• Paraphrase a mortgage servicer's fiduciary responsibilities to their clients.

• Outline the protection given to government employees when experiencing a temporary government shutdown.

• Outline several prohibited unfair lending practices relating to homeowner insurance, ability to repay, prepayment penalties, and credit insurance.

• Describe available remedies for borrowers who are holding onto a mortgage loan originated using unfair lending practices.

NMLS ID Required

You must have an NMLS ID to receive credit for this course. You will need this number before you begin the course.

If you already have an NMLS ID but don't remember what it is:

• Login into NMLS
• Click on the Composite View tab.
• Click View Individual on the sub-header row.
• The number that appears in parentheses after your name is your NMLS ID number.

If you do not have an NMLS ID and need to obtain one, use the instructions available in the NMLS Resource Center. 

This course will instruct mortgage loan originators on a number of regulations that they will have to comply with while taking part in their mortgage loan origination activities. Rules, such as those implemented by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, are set in place to protect the interest and well-being of consumers who apply for mortgages to purchase or refinance their properties. To ensure that their business practices satisfy the regulations adopted by federal laws, mortgage loan originators need to keep current on the guidelines published by supervising entities.

Topics and Learning Objectives

This course consists of three sections and a final exam:

1. Top 10 Federal Topics for 2025

2. Prohibited Kickbacks Under RESPA Section 8

3. Non-traditional Mortgage Products

4. Final exam

Total study time: 7 credit hours (5 hours, 30 minutes)

Module 1: Top 10 Federal Topics for 2025

Study Time: 3 clock hours (150 minutes of federal law)

Licensed and registered mortgage lenders, brokers, and mortgage loan originators are required to maintain a consistent and current understanding of all regulatory requirements with which they are obligated to comply. This especially applies to individual mortgage loan originators who, in addition to their sponsoring company, will be held accountable for failures discovered through regulatory examinations and investigations involving residential mortgage loans that they originate.

The topics outlined in this module are mandated by the NMLS and state regulators, covering the more egregious regulatory compliance failures recently discovered through various regulatory examinations, investigations, and audits.

Module 2: Prohibited Kickbacks Under RESPA Section 8

Study Time: 2 clock hours (100 minutes of ethics, fraud, and consumer protection)

The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) was signed into law in 1974 and became effective in June 1975. One function of RESPA was to eliminate kickbacks and unearned fees initiated by those involved in loan settlement services. Before the passage of RESPA, parties associated with the buying and selling of real estate, including lenders, real estate agents, and title companies, often engaged in undisclosed kickbacks to each other, which inflated the costs of real estate transactions and often did not properly disclose all closing costs to consumers.

While RESPA contains various consumer protection regulations, in this ethics section we're going to concentrate on the regulation's prohibitions on kickbacks and referral fees.

Module 3: Non-traditional Mortgage Products

Study Time: 2 clock hours (100 minutes of non-traditional mortgage)

Besides traditional conventional loan products, there are other options available when it comes to rehabilitating a home for purchase or refinance that might be better for the needs of a borrower.

In this module, let's explore some unique mortgage products available to borrowers that may better fit their needs compared to a conventional mortgage loan These other options include the FHA 203(k) property rehabilitation loan, four types of energy efficient mortgage products, and the Fannie Mae HomeReady® rehab loan product.

NMLS ID Required

You must have an NMLS ID to receive credit for this course. You will need this number before you begin the course.

If you already have an NMLS ID but don't remember what it is:

• Login into NMLS
• Click on the Composite View tab.
• Click View Individual on the sub-header row.
• The number that appears in parentheses after your name is your NMLS ID number.

If you do not have an NMLS ID and need to obtain one, use the instructions available in the NMLS Resource Center