In addition to other requirements established by law and for the purpose of determining an applicant's eligibility for licensure as a salesman, broker, broker-in-charge, property manager, and property manager-in-charge, the commission shall require initial applicants and applicants for licensure renewal to submit to a state fingerprint-based criminal records check, to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the FBI. Costs of conducting a criminal records check must be borne by the applicant. The commission shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential, except that information relied upon in denying licensure may be disclosed as necessary to support the administrative action.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 258 (S.75), Section 1, eff June 9, 2014; 2016 Act No. 170 (S.1013), Section 1, eff January 1, 2017; 2017 Act No. 60 (H.3041), Section 1, eff July 1, 2020.
Editor's Note
2020 Act No. 127, Section 1, provides as follows:
"SECTION 1. SECTION 5 of Act 60 of 2017 is amended to read:
"This act takes effect on July 1, 2020, and with respect to license renewals is only applicable to renewals initially due after June 30, 2020."
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 170, Section 1, substituted "salesperson" for "salesman".
2017 Act No. 60, Section 1, amended the section, requiring background checks for licensure renewals and requiring the background checks to be fingerprint-based.