- (a) The State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors shall approve and issue certificates of registration to qualified applicants or disapprove applications for registration for applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements for registration as prescribed in the Abstracters’ Licensing Law of 1969, Arkansas Code § 17-11-101 et seq.
(b) Every applicant to the board as a certificate of registration holder, except those individuals authorized to practice law in this state, shall have the following qualifications:
- (1) The applicant shall have a minimum of one (1) year land title-related experience or training prior to the time he or she applies to sit for the registration exam;
- (2) The applicant shall not have a criminal record as described in 17 CAR § 200-103(d); and
- (3) The applicant shall pass the registration exam as described in 17 CAR § 200-402.
(c)
- (1) All applications for certificates of registration shall be made on forms provided by the board and completed and signed by the applicant.
- (2) The application may require the signature acknowledged before a notary public.
- (3) All applications shall include the appropriate fees.
- (4) The board will not consider an application which is incomplete or with which the correct fees have not been submitted.
- (5) All applications shall include a summary or digest of the applicant’s land title-related experience or training.
- (d) The board reserves the right, at its discretion, to hold for a reasonable length of time for investigation the application of any applicant before issuing a certificate.
- (e) Upon successful completion of the application, the board shall notify the applicant by mail of the time and place of the next scheduled examination.