(a)
(1) An appraisal management company applying for a registration in this state shall not be owned, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by:
(A) Any person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation in any state for a substantive cause, as determined by the commission; or
(B) An entity that is more than ten percent (10%) owned by any person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation in any state for a substantive cause, as determined by the commission.
(2) Each person who owns more than ten percent (10%) of an appraisal management company in this state shall:
(A) Be of good moral character, as determined by the commission; and
(B) Submit to a background investigation, as may be required by the commission.
(3) The commission may, in its discretion, issue a registration to an appraisal management company that is ineligible under subdivision (a)(1), but is otherwise qualified, if the license or certificate of the appraiser with an ownership interest in the appraisal management company or the owning entity was not revoked for a substantive cause, as determined by the commission, and has been reinstated by the state or states in which the appraiser was licensed or certified.
(b) Each appraisal management company applying for registration shall certify to the commission that it has reviewed each entity that owns more than ten percent (10%) of the appraisal management company and that no entity that owns more than ten percent (10%) of the appraisal management company is more than ten-percent owned by any person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, cancelled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of a pending revocation.
(c) Each appraisal management company shall notify the commission within thirty (30) days of a change in its controlling principal, agent of record, or ownership composition.
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