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 State Licensing Requirements

 
Company Licenses Description Requirements Checklist
Collection Agency License This license is required for entity whose purpose of business is to collect debts for Wyoming creditors (any person who offers or extends credit creating a debt or to whom a debt is owed), if a business takes assignment of debts for the purpose of collecting those debts, if a business solicits Wyoming creditors to collect their debts, if a business uses a name other than their true company name to collect their past-due accounts, or if a business collects debts incurred in Wyoming by Wyoming debtors by interstate communications (telephone, mail, facsimile or other electronic methods) from their company's location in another state.
Consumer Lender License Consumer Lenders are persons that regularly engage* in extending consumer credit by originating consumer loans or taking assignment of the non-servicing rights related to consumer loans that are not in default. Persons holding this license can also engage in the business of “sales financing,” which is providing financing on behalf of sellers or lessors or taking by assignment the non-servicing rights against debtors arising from consumer credit sales or consumer leases which at the time of assignment the buyer or lessee is not in default. * A person regularly engages in extending consumer credit if they do so more than twenty-five (25) times, or more than five (5) times for transactions secured by a dwelling in the preceding calendar year. These requirements may be applied to the current calendar year if not met in the preceding year. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc.
Exempt Company Registration Registration is required of companies that employ or contract with a mortgage loan originator, that are otherwise exempt from licensing as a mortgage lender/broker or a mortgage lender. (More Details)
Money Transmitter License This license is required for any entity that who engages in the business of receiving money for transmission or engaging in the business of money transmission, by any and all means including but not limited to internet or other electronic means, money order issuers and sellers, travelers check issuers and sellers, providers and sellers of “Pre-Paid Access; or acting as a bill payer.
Mortgage Broker License This License is required of any company or sole proprietorship, who for compensation, or in the expectation of compensation, assists a Wyoming resident in obtaining or applying to obtain a residential mortgage loan or holds himself out as being able to assist a Wyoming resident in obtaining or applying to obtain a residential mortgage loan.
Mortgage Lender/Broker License This License is required of any company or sole proprietorship who makes residential mortgage loans to Wyoming residents or holds himself out as able to make mortgage loans. Wyoming Lender/Broker licensees can conduct both mortgage lending and mortgage brokering activities. (More Details)
Pawnbroker License Pawnbrokers are entities that lend money on the security of pledged tangible personal property, or the act of purchasing tangible personal property on the condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc. W.S. 40-14-342 and W.S. 40-14-634
Post Dated Check Casher License Post-dated check cashers (payday lenders) are entities that lend money in which a check or draft is dated on a date subsequent to the date it was written or dated on the date written but held for any period of days prior to deposit or presentment due to the check casher's agreement with or representations to a debtor, whether expressed or implied. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc. W.S. 40-14-342 and W.S. 40-14-634
Sales Finance Company License Sales finance companies are entities whose only business is purchasing retail installment sales contracts which have been originated by a retail creditor and/or providing financing in behalf of sellers or lessors for consumer credit sales and/or consumer credit lease transactions. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc. W.S. 40-14-342 and W.S. 40-14-634
Branch Licenses Description Requirements Checklist
Collection Agency Branch License This license is required for entity whose purpose of business is to collect debts for Wyoming creditors (any person who offers or extends credit creating a debt or to whom a debt is owed), if a business takes assignment of debts for the purpose of collecting those debts, if a business solicits Wyoming creditors to collect their debts, if a business uses a name other than their true company name to collect their past-due accounts, or if a business collects debts incurred in Wyoming by Wyoming debtors by interstate communications (telephone, mail, facsimile or other electronic methods) from their company's location in another state.
Consumer Lender Branch License Consumer Lenders are persons that regularly engage* in extending consumer credit by originating consumer loans or taking assignment of the non-servicing rights related to consumer loans that are not in default. Persons holding this license can also engage in the business of “sales financing,” which is providing financing on behalf of sellers or lessors or taking by assignment the non-servicing rights against debtors arising from consumer credit sales or consumer leases which at the time of assignment the buyer or lessee is not in default. * A person regularly engages in extending consumer credit if they do so more than twenty-five (25) times, or more than five (5) times for transactions secured by a dwelling in the preceding calendar year. These requirements may be applied to the current calendar year if not met in the preceding year. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc.
Mortgage Broker License (Branch) This license is required for all offices, other than the main office identified in the Mortgage Broker License, whether located in Wyoming or not, which conducts mortgage brokering activities with Wyoming residents. (More Details)
Mortgage Lender/Broker License (Branch) This license is required for all offices, other than the main office identified in the Mortgage Lender/Broker License, whether located in Wyoming or not, which conducts mortgage lending, or mortgage lending and brokering activities with Wyoming residents. (More Details)
Pawnbroker Branch License Pawnbrokers are entities that lend money on the security of pledged tangible personal property, or the act of purchasing tangible personal property on the condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc. W.S .40-14-342 and W.S. 40-14-634 This license should only be applied for by a company that also holds or is applying for WY Pawnbroker License.
Post Dated Check Casher Branch License Post-dated check cashers (payday lenders) are entities that lend money in which a check or draft is dated on a date subsequent to the date it was written or dated on the date written but held for any period of days prior to deposit or presentment due to the check casher's agreement with or representations to a debtor, whether expressed or implied. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc. W.S .40-14-342 and W.S. 40-14-634 This license should only be applied for by a company that also holds or is applying for WY Post Dated Check Casher License.
Sales Finance Company Branch License Sales finance companies are entities whose only business is purchasing retail installment sales contracts which have been originated by a retail creditor and/or providing financing in behalf of sellers or lessors for consumer credit sales and/or consumer credit lease transactions. Entities must be properly licensed if business is conducted in Wyoming at a physical location in the state or with consumers in Wyoming through other means such as telephone, mail, internet, etc. W.S .40-14-342 and W.S. 40-14-634 This license should only be applied for by a company that also holds or is applying for WY Sales Finance Company License.
Individual Licenses Description Requirements Checklist
Mortgage Loan Originator License This license is required of any individual, who for compensation or gain, or in the expectation of compensation or gain, takes a residential mortgage loan application or offers or negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan, for any dwelling located in Wyoming.
 

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