Authority: IC 25-36.5-1-4.9; IC 25-36.5-1-9

Affected: IC 25-36.5-1

Sec. 3. The division of forestry may refuse to issue a timber buyer registration certificate to an applicant that has done any of the following within ten (10) years before filing the application:

1. (1) Been convicted of robbery, burglary, arson, forgery, fraud, or another felony by which the applicant deprived or sought to deprive another person of property by force or deception. In determining whether to refuse issuance of the registration certificate, however, the division of forestry shall consider the criminal acts of the applicant supporting the conviction as they bear upon fitness to serve as a licensed timber buyer.
2. (2) Violated IC 25-36.5-1.
3. (3) Violated this article or violated 310 IAC 23 before its repeal.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 14-3-3; filed May 27, 1997, 3:50 p.m.: 20 IR 2746; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed May 26, 2009, 11:21 a.m.: 20090624-IR-312090154RFA; readopted filed Sep 30, 2015, 11:55 a.m.: 20151028-IR-312150156RFA; readopted filed May 19, 2021, 4:16 p.m.: 20210616-IR-312210110RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)