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Maintaining Your Company License
Explains the ongoing responsibilities for maintaining your company license in NMLS, including filing amendments when changes occur and meeting periodic reporting requirements.
Gathering Requirements
Understand how to identify and collect the information and documents needed to complete filings in NMLS.

Maintaining Your Company License
Explains the ongoing responsibilities for maintaining your company license in NMLS, including filing amendments when changes occur and meeting periodic reporting requirements.
- Determining License or Registration Status
  Learn how to determine the status of your company, branch, control person, and sponsored individual licenses and filings, as well as important filing deadlines, using NMLS tools such as the Company Snapshot and Company Dashboard.
- Responding to License Items
  Review and internally respond to license items placed on your company, branch, or sponsored individual licenses.
- Gathering Requirements
  Understand how to identify and collect the information and documents needed to complete filings in NMLS.
  - Figuring Out Which Licenses or Registrations You Need
    Review and analyze your business activities and use NMLS resources to determine which licenses or registrations are required before starting a filing.
  - Using the License Requirements and Fees Chart
    This is a companion document to the License Requirements and Fees Chart to help you filter the chart based on your entity type and goal within NMLS: applying for a new license, amending your record, or complying with periodic reporting requirements.
  - Using the Checklist Compiler
    Use the Checklist Compiler on the NMLS Resource Center to find and export state licensing checklists that outline what requirements you must complete for an NMLS filing (including tasks inside and outside NMLS).
- Filing Amendments to the Company MU1 Form
  Explains what an MU1 amendment filing is and why companies file amendments in NMLS—to keep their official record current and accurate with state regulators.
- Completing Amendment Requirements Submitted Outside of NMLS
  Understand the external requirements and documentation you must complete outside of NMLS when submitting company license or registration amendments.

Gathering Requirements

Understand how to identify and collect the information and documents needed to complete filings in NMLS.

Before completing a filing in NMLS, users should first determine what filings are required, and understand the documentation and information that must be submitted. Because licensing requirements vary by state and business activity, gathering this information in advance ensures a smoother application process.

Use the following resources to guide your preparation:

Contact the NMLS Call Center with any questions: 1-855-665-7123
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