458.33 Licensure.

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458.33 Licensure.

(1)Application. A person applying for a license under sub.

(2)shall submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department. The application shall include all of the following:

(a)The applicant’s name, address, and telephone number.

(b)If the applicant is not a business domiciled in this state, the name, address, and telephone number of the applicant’s agent for service of process in this state.

(c)The name, address, and telephone number of each person that owns more than 10 percent of the applicant.

(d)The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant’s designated controlling individual under s. 458.36 .

(e)A statement of the applicant in a form prescribed by the department that certifies all of the following:

1. That the applicant has in place a system to verify that each independent appraiser on the applicant’s appraiser panel and any other appraiser that may perform an appraisal service for the applicant is a certified appraiser or licensed appraiser.

2. That the applicant requires all appraisers performing appraisal services for the applicant to perform appraisal services in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice described under s. 458.24 .

3. That the applicant has in place a system to verify that all appraisal services performed for the applicant are conducted independently and free from inappropriate influence or coercion under s. 458.41 and under 15 USC 1639e and rules promulgated under 15 USC 1639e .

4. That the applicant maintains a detailed record of each request for an appraisal service that it receives, including the identity of the appraiser that performs the appraisal service.

5. That the applicant satisfies s. 458.35

(2).

(f)The information and authorizations necessary to conduct a background investigation for all of the following:

1. Each person identified in par.

(c).

2. The applicant’s controlling individual designated under s. 458.36 .

(2)Appraisal management company license. The department shall, after an investigation, grant and issue an appraisal management company license to an appraisal management company that does all of the following:

(a)Complies with sub.

(1).

(b)Pays the initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03

(a), but not to exceed $4,000.

(c)Meets to the satisfaction of the department any other requirements for licensure under this subchapter and under rules promulgated by the department. The department shall promulgate rules under this paragraph that require an applicant for a license under this subsection to demonstrate that the applicant is qualified to competently perform appraisal management services in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws.

(3)Investigation. The department shall conduct a background investigation that satisfies 12 CFR 34.214

(2)on each person specified under sub.

(f)1. and 2.

(4)Denial of license or renewal. The department may not issue or renew an appraisal management company license if any of the following applies to any person that owns more than 10 percent of the appraisal management company:

(a)The person is determined by the department not to have good moral character.

(b)The person fails to submit to a background investigation under sub.

(3).

(5)Renewals. A licensed appraisal management company shall submit a renewal application, along with the applicable renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03

(a), but not to exceed $2,000, to the department on a form prescribed by the department by the applicable renewal date specified under s. 440.08

(a). A renewal under this subsection is subject to sub.

(4).