2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-858-717. Denial of certificate.

A. The Board shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act relating to hearings on original certification and the requirement for such applicants to submit to a criminal history records search on and after January 1, 2015, deny the issuance of a certificate as a trainee, state-licensed, state-certified residential or state-certified general real estate appraiser to the applicant on any of the grounds stated below:

1. If the applicant has been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony in a domestic or foreign court during the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application;

2. If the applicant has been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony in a domestic or foreign court at any time preceding the date of application if such felony involved an act of fraud, dishonesty, a breach of trust or money laundering; or

3. The applicant has failed to demonstrate character and general fitness such as to warrant a determination that the applicant may not operate honestly and fairly in the conduct of appraisals as outlined within the real property appraisal qualifications criteria established by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.

B. The Board may for all other applicants, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act relating to hearings, deny the issuance of a certificate as a trainee, state licensed, state certified residential or state certified general real estate appraiser to an applicant on any of the grounds enumerated in the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 327, § 18, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 271, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 132, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2001, c. 280, § 9, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2014, c. 97, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.