1. 1. In determining eligibility for licensure, the commissioner is authorized to require an applicant pursuant to subsection 2 to provide to the commissioner the applicant’s fingerprints and reasonable fees required to perform a state criminal history check through the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, and a national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation. By submitting such fingerprints, the applicant authorizes the commissioner to do all of the following:

   1. a. Submit the applicant’s fingerprints to the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, for submission to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of conducting a national criminal history check.
   2. b. Receive the results of the state and national criminal history checks.

2. 2. The commissioner is authorized to require a state and national criminal history check on each applicant that applies for any of the following:

   1. a. An initial license in Iowa as a resident insurance producer.
   2. b. An initial license or an additional line of authority under a nonresident insurance producer license if a state and national criminal history check has not already been completed.
   3. c. A renewal, reinstatement, or reissuance of a license if the license of a producer has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522B.11, the license of an adjuster has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522C.13, the license of a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 508E.4, or the license of an appraiser or an umpire has been revoked or suspended pursuant to section 522F.20.
   4. d. An initial license as a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker in this state.
   5. e. An initial license as an adjuster in this state.
   6. f. An initial license as an appraiser in this state.
   7. g. An initial license as an umpire in this state.
3. 3. The commissioner shall require an applicant pursuant to subsection 2 to submit a full set of fingerprints and any other required identifying information to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the department of public safety.
4. 4. The commissioner may contract with a third-party vendor for the collection and transmission of an applicant’s fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a state and national criminal history check. The commissioner may agree to reasonable fees to be charged by the third-party vendor and may require such reasonable fees to be paid by the applicant directly to the third-party vendor.
5. 5. The results of a criminal history check conducted pursuant to this section shall not be considered a public record pursuant to chapter 22. An applicant’s fingerprints and any criminal history check information shall not be subject to subpoena, other than a subpoena issued in a criminal action or investigation, shall be confidential by law and privileged, and shall not be subject to discovery or be admissible in evidence in a private civil action.

2025 amendment to subsection 2, paragraphs c and e, by 2025 Acts, ch 28, §30, applies beginning July 22, 2025, to a person currently doing business in this state as an independent adjuster or a staff adjuster as of January 1, 2025; 2025 Acts, ch 28, §52 See Code editor’s note on simple harmonization at the beginning of this Code volume Subsection 2, paragraphs c and e amended Subsection 2, NEW paragraphs f and g

2020 Acts, ch 1016, §7; 2025 Acts, ch 28, §30, 52, 54, 55

Referred to in §508E.3, 522B.5, 522B.10, 522C.5, 522C.6, 522C.15, 522F.3, 522F.4, 522F.8, 522F.9, 522F.22