On October 22, the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions issued a memorandum to licensed mortgage loan originators suspending its requirement that licensees complete a criminal background check or authorize a credit report if they have not done so in the past three years as a condition to renewal for calendar year 2021, except where the mortgage loan originator has entered into a consent agreement with the department requiring such actions. The memorandum states the requirement will be in effect for licensee renewal for calendar year 2022.