2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 33 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER 39 - REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS ARTICLE 1 CERTIFIED REALESTATE APPRAISER ACT
ARTICLE 2 - APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION ANDREGULATION ACT
33-39-224. Disciplinary proceedings.

33-39-224. Disciplinary proceedings.

(a) The board shall upon a written sworn complaint or may upon its own motion investigate the actions of any appraisal management company and may impose an administrative fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for each separate violation, censure the company, place the company on probation and set the terms of the probation, suspend or revoke any registration issued under this article for any of the following:

(i) Procuring a registration pursuant to this article by knowingly making a false statement, submitting false information, refusing to provide complete information in response to a question in an application for a registration or through any form of fraud or misrepresentation;

(ii) Being convicted of a felony, but this discipline shall be limited to probation, suspension or revocation of a registration;

(iii) Making any substantial misrepresentation, false promises or false or fraudulent representation;

(iv) Violating any provision of this article or rule or regulation of the board;

(v) Being negligent or incompetent, as defined in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, in reviewing an appraisal, in preparing an appraisal report or in communicating an appraisal report.

(b) Upon receipt from the department of family services of a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a registration issued by the board, the board shall notify the party named in the court order of the withholding, suspension or restriction of the registration in accordance with the terms of the court order. No appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a registration withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection.

(c) The board may assess to a registered appraisal management company, an applicant for registration as an appraisal management company, or an unregistered appraisal management company performing appraisal management services in this state all or part of the actual expenses of a contested case proceeding resulting in the discipline or censure of the registrant, suspension or revocation of the registrant's certificate of registration, the denial of a certificate of registration to the applicant or the discipline or censure of an unregistered appraisal management company performing appraisal management services in this state.