ORS 86A.103: License required to engage in residential mortgage transactions as mortgage banker or mortgage broker.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in residential mortgage transactions in this state as a mortgage banker or mortgage broker unless the person is licensed under ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198. A person who is a mortgage banker or mortgage broker under ORS 86A.100, but who does not engage in residential mortgage transactions in this state, is not required to obtain a license under ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198.

      (2) For purposes of this section, a person “engages in residential mortgage transactions in this state” when any act constituting the business of a mortgage banker or mortgage broker and involving a residential mortgage transaction originates from this state or is directed to and received in this state or when the real estate that is the subject of the activities of the mortgage banker or mortgage broker is located in this state.