(1) Making any substantial misrepresentation while describing any property, real or personal; using any false, deceptive, misleading, or untruthful advertising; or making any statements, either in person or through any form of advertising, which may create false or unjustified expectations of the services to be performed;

(2) Pursuing a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation or making false promises through agents or advertising an auction to be an absolute auction, but conducting it as an auction with reserve or otherwise;

(3) Failing to account for or remit, within 30 days unless otherwise provided by contract, any money belonging to others that comes into his or her possession, commingling funds of others with his or her own, or failing to keep such funds of others in an escrow or trustee account;

(4) Being convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude or a felony;

(5) Violation of any rule or regulation or code of ethics promulgated by the commission;

(6) Any conduct of any auctioneer which demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, incompetency, or untruthfulness;

(7) Any conduct of an auctioneer which demonstrates improper, fraudulent, or dishonest dealings;

(8) Having had any license to practice a business or profession revoked, suspended, annulled, or sanctioned, or otherwise having had any disciplinary action taken by any other licensing authority in this or any other state; or

(9) Knowingly making any misleading, false, or deceptive statement on any application for a license under this chapter.