HB422 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law, a person whose application for real estate licensure was rejected or real estate license was revoked in any state on any grounds other than failure to pass a written examination within the two years prior to the application may not be licensed. Also, a person whose license has been revoked may not be relicensed without approval of the commissioners

This bill would provide that a person whose application was rejected or real estate license was revoked in any state more than two years prior to the application may not be licensed without approval of the commissioners

This bill, before a real estate license could be issued, would require the commission to conduct both state and national criminal history background checks and require each applicant to submit required information to the appropriate state and federal agencies or a fingerprint processing service

To amend Sections 34-27-32, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Real Estate License Law; to provide that an applicant for real estate licensure in this state whose application for real estate licensure in another state has been rejected more than two years from the date of his or her application for real estate licensure in this state may not be issued a license without the approval of the commissioners; to require the commission to conduct both state and national criminal history background checks before a real estate license could be issued; and to require each applicant to submit required information to the appropriate state and federal agencies or a fingerprint processing service.