Effective August 1, 2018, the Minnesota Department of Commerce will adopt the National State MLO Test with Uniform State Content. Mortgage loan originator license applicants will no longer be required to take and pass a Minnesota-specific test component. With Minnesota's adoption of the Uniform State Test, 59 state agencies—encompassing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—will not require mortgage loan originator license applicants to pass both the national test and a state-specific test, although a number of jurisdictions still require license applicants to satisfy state specific education.