{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-158.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 158.053","heading":"APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; FEE.","body":"(a) To register under this chapter, a residential mortgage loan servicer shall file with the commissioner an application for registration that must:\n(1) be in writing;\n(2) be under oath;\n(3) be in the form prescribed by the commissioner; and\n(4) contain:\n(A) the name and the address of the principal place of business of the applicant; and\n(B) the name, title, and address of the person authorized by the applicant to respond to complaints.\n(b) At the time of making application, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner a registration fee in an amount not to exceed $500 as determined by the finance commission.\n(c) An applicant is not required to pay a registration fee under Subsection (b) if the applicant:\n(1) collects delinquent consumer debts owed on residential mortgage loans;\n(2) does not own the residential mortgage loans for which the applicant acts as a residential mortgage loan servicer; and\n(3) is a third-party debt collector that has filed a bond in compliance with Chapter 392.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 588 (S.B. 17), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 158. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICERS","SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.158.htm#158.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"234f83328f20971959ce504e5598e9b192f05cda804c2849855189b5bbeaf4bb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-158.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-158.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}