(a) No single interest in an AMC applying for, holding or renewing a registration under this act shall be owned by:
(1) An individual who has held a credential issued by any appraiser-credentialing jurisdiction to act as an appraiser and such credential:
- (A) Was refused, denied, suspended, revoked, or surrendered or nonrenewed in lieu of a pending disciplinary proceeding in any jurisdiction against such individual; and
- (B) not subsequently granted or reinstated; or
- (C) is otherwise not in good standing; or
(2) any person who owns an interest in an entity and such person has held a credential issued by any appraiser-credentialing jurisdiction to act as an appraiser that:
- (A) Was refused, denied, revoked, suspended, or surrendered or nonrenewed in lieu of a pending disciplinary proceeding in any jurisdiction against such person; and
- (B) (i) not subsequently granted or reinstated; or
- (ii) is otherwise not in good standing.
- (b) (1) Each individual that owns an interest in an AMC who applies for, holds, or renews a registration under this act shall be of good moral character as determined by the board by rules and regulations.
- (2) As a part of an application for an original registration, and for a renewal registration if required by the board, the board shall require an applicant to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto.
- (3) The board may fix and collect a fee in an amount necessary to reimburse the board for the cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check. Such fee shall be established by rules and regulations.
- (c) Each AMC applying for registration or for renewal of a registration under this act shall certify to the board on a form prescribed by the board that:
- (1) Such AMC has reviewed each person or entity that owns an interest in the AMC; and
(2) no person or entity that owns an interest in the AMC has held a credential issued by any appraiser-credentialing jurisdiction to act as an appraiser and such credential:
- (A) Was refused, denied, suspended, revoked, or surrendered or nonrenewed in lieu of a pending disciplinary proceeding in any jurisdiction against such individual; and
- (B) (i) was not subsequently granted or reinstated; or
- (ii) is otherwise not in good standing.
L. 2012, ch. 93, § 9; L. 2018, ch. 69, § 3; L. 2024, ch. 15, § 43; July 1.