2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-858-709A. Criminal history records check.

For purposes of the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act, the required criminal history records check shall include a state and national criminal history records search conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that is not more than ninety (90) days old. Each criminal background check shall require:

1. The applicant shall submit a full set of usable fingerprints that is not more than ninety (90) days old to the Real Estate Appraiser Board for the purpose of permitting a state and federal criminal history records search pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The OSBI may exchange these fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI);

2. The applicant shall furnish the Board fingerprints as established by Board rules and any applicable fees as required by a state or federal law enforcement agency to process the background check;

3. The Board shall forward the fingerprints along with the applicable fee for a national criminal records history search to the OSBI. The Bureau shall retain one set of fingerprints in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System and submit the other set to the FBI for a national criminal history records search;

4. Any and all state and federal criminal history record information obtained by the Board from the OSBI or the FBI that is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed confidential. The confidential information shall be restricted to the exclusive use of the Board, its members, officers, investigators, agents and attorneys in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or disqualification for licensure; and

5. Fingerprint images may be rejected by the OSBI or the FBI for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, fingerprint quality or an inability by the OSBI or the FBI to classify the fingerprints. These rejections require the applicant to be fingerprinted again. Applicants with fingerprints rejected will be required to repay and be re-fingerprinted. Applicants are responsible for insuring and verifying that all data is correct in the fingerprinting process.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 97, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.