Delaware Mortgage License Requirements
Learn about the Delaware mortgage education requirements for mortgage licensing.
Please contact the Delaware Office of the State Bank Commissioner for specific requirements for this state, but generally mortgage loan originators are required to:
- Complete a federal and state Criminal Background Check (CBC).
- Authorize a credit report through the NMLS.
- Fulfill all state and federal education requirements as designated by your state agency.
- Take and pass a National Test.
Delaware NMLS Pre-Licensing Education Requirements:
New state-licensed MLOs are required to complete 20 hours of NMLS-approved education. This includes:
- 3 hours of federal law
- 3 hours of ethics
- 2 hours of non-traditional mortgage lending training
- 12 hours of electives
Delaware Continuing Education Requirements:
State-licensed MLOs are required to complete 8 hours of NMLS-approved mortgage education annually beginning the year they are licensed (unless PE was completed in the same year). This includes:
- 3 hours of federal law
- 2 hours of ethics
- 2 hours of non-traditional mortgage lending
- 1 hour of elective
The deadline to complete annual CE is December 1st.
MLOs are advised that to comply with the SAFE Act’s “successive years” rule, they may not take the same CE course two years in a row.
Delaware Mortgage Licensing:
- Delaware Office of the State Bank Commissioner
- Phone: 302-739-4235
- Website: banking.delaware.gov
NMLS Resources:
- Delaware MLO License Description Page
- Professional Standards: Mortgage Education
- Professional Standards: Criminal Background Check
- Professional Standards: Credit Report
- Professional Standards: MLO Testing
