California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §11343: (a) Each real estate appraiser license applicant and each controlling person of each applicant for registration as an appraisal management company shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint

Civil

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Real estate appraiser applicants and appraisal management company controlling persons must submit fingerprints to the Department of Justice for criminal history background checks.

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(a) Each real estate appraiser license applicant and each controlling person of each applicant for registration as an appraisal management company shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice via LiveScan for the purposes of allowing the bureau to obtain information as to the existence and content of a record of state or federal convictions and state or federal arrests and also information as to the existence and content of a record of state or federal arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the person is free on bail or on the person’s own recognizance pending trial or appeal. If the applicant is located out of state, then the applicant shall include the applicant’s fingerprint card with the application package and the bureau shall submit the fingerprint cards to the Department of Justice for the purposes of this subdivision. (b) When received, the Department of Justice shall forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation requests for federal summary criminal history information received pursuant to this section. The Department of Justice shall review the information returned from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and compile and disseminate a response to the bureau. (c) The Department of Justice shall provide a response to the bureau pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code. (d) The bureau shall request from the Department of Justice subsequent arrest notification service, as provided pursuant to Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code, for persons described in subdivision (a). (e) The Department of Justice shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost of processing the request described in this section.

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