Sec. 12. (a) A person who:
(1) performs:
(A) the acts of a licensed real estate appraiser without a license; or
(B) the acts of a certified real estate appraiser without a certificate; or
(2) conducts or solicits or accepts enrollment of students for a course without course approval as required by section 13 of this chapter;
commits a Class B infraction. When a judgment is entered for an offense under this section, the court shall add to any fine imposed the amount of any fee or other compensation earned in the commission of the offense. Each transaction constitutes a separate offense.
(b) In all actions for the collection of a fee or other compensation for performing acts regulated by this article, a party seeking relief must allege and prove that at the time the cause of action arose the party was not in violation of this section.
(c) The attorney general, the board, or the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation occurs may maintain an action in the name of the state of Indiana to enjoin a person from violating this section.
(d) In charging any person in a complaint for a judgment or an injunction for the violation of this section, it is sufficient, without averring any further or more particular facts, to charge that the person upon a certain day and in a certain county:
(1) acted as:
(A) a certified real estate appraiser without a certificate; or
(B) a licensed real estate appraiser without a license; or
(2) conducted, or solicited or accepted enrollment of students for a real estate appraiser course without course approval.
(e) Each enforcement procedure established in this section and IC 25-1-7-14 is supplemental to other enforcement procedures established in this section.
As added by P.L.183-1991, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.57-2007, SEC.7; P.L.3-2008, SEC.204; P.L.84-2010, SEC.72.
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