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AR Code § 17-14-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 14 - Appraisers|Subchapter 4 - Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|§ 17-14-409. Registry of applicants and roster

 (a)  (1) The Executive Director of the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board shall keep a register of all applicants for registration.  (2) The register shall indicate:  (A) The date of application;  (B) The applicant's name;  (C) The applicant's business address; and  (D) Whether the registration was granted or denied.    (3) The register shall be prima facie evidence of all matters contained in the register.    (b)  (1) The executive director shall keep a current roster showing the names and addresses of all appraisal management companies registered with the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.  (2) The roster shall be kept on file in the office of the board and shall be open for public inspection.    (c)  (1) The board shall submit to the Appraisal Subcommittee all information required to be submitted by Appraisal Subcommittee rules or guidance concerning appraisal management companies that operate in this state.  (2) Information under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall include without limitation a roster of registered appraisal management companies, reports of investigations, and disciplinary actions involving appraisal management companies.
AR Code § 17-14-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 14 - Appraisers|Subchapter 4 - Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|§ 17-14-410. Disciplinary authority, enforcement, and hearings

 (a) The Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the registration of an appraisal management company under this subchapter or may restrict or limit the activities of an appraisal management company or a person who owns an interest in or participates in the business of an appraisal management company if the board finds that any of the following circumstances apply to the applicant, a registrant, or a partner, member, manager, officer, director, managing principal, controlling person, or a person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or a person directly or indirectly controlling the applicant or registrant:  (1) The person's application for registration when filed or after filing contained a statement that in light of the circumstances under which it was made is false or misleading with respect to a material fact;  (2) The person has violated or failed to comply with this subchapter;  (3) The person has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of:  (A) A felony listed under § 17-3-102; or  (B) Within the past ten (10) years:  (i) A misdemeanor involving mortgage lending or real estate appraising; or  (ii) An offense involving breach of trust or fraudulent or dishonest dealing;      (4) The person is permanently or temporarily enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice involving appraisal management services or operating an appraisal management company;  (5) The person is the subject of an order of the board or any other state appraisal management company regulatory agency denying, suspending, or revoking the person's privilege to operate as an appraisal management company;  (6) The person acted as an appraisal management company while not properly registered by the board; or  (7) The person failed to pay the proper filing or renewal fee under this subchapter.    (b) Upon its own motion or the written complaint of a person and after notice and hearing as prescribed by the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., the board may:  (1) Suspend or revoke the registration of a registrant;  (2) Impose a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation; or  (3) Take other appropriate disciplinary actions as established by rule of the board.    (c)  (1) Before imposing a penalty on a registrant, the board shall:  (A) Notify the registrant in writing of any charges made at least twenty (20) days before the date set for the hearing; and  (B) Afford the registrant an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.    (2) The board may make findings of fact and shall deliver or mail the findings to the registrant charged with an offense under this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-14-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 14 - Appraisers|Subchapter 4 - Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|§ 17-14-411. Injunctive relief — Criminal penalty

 (a) The Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board may appear in its own name in a circuit court of competent jurisdiction to obtain injunctive relief to prevent a person from violating this subchapter.  (b) The circuit court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction regardless of whether:  (1) Criminal prosecution has been or may be instituted as a result of the violation of this subchapter; or  (2) The person is the holder of a registration issued by the board.    (c) A violation of this subchapter is a Class D felony.
AR Code § 17-14-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 14 - Appraisers|Subchapter 4 - Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|§ 17-14-412. Applicability

 This subchapter does not apply to:   (1) An agency of the federal, state, county, or municipal government;  (2) A person authorized to engage in business as a bank, farm credit system, savings institution, or credit union under the laws of the United States, the State of Arkansas, or any other state;  (3) A licensed real estate broker or licensed real estate agent performing activities regulated by the Arkansas Real Estate Commission unless the licensed real estate broker or licensed real estate agent receives compensation or other pecuniary gain in connection with the referral, placement, or execution of a request for appraisal services;  (4) An officer or employee of a government agency, person, licensed real estate broker, or licensed real estate agent described in this section when acting within the scope of employment of the officer or employee;  (5) A federally regulated appraisal management company;  (6) A person who exclusively employs appraisers on an employer and employee basis for the performance of appraisals;  (7) A person acting as an appraisal firm that at all times during a calendar year employs on an exclusive basis as independent contractors not more than fifteen (15) appraisers for the performance of appraisals;  (8) A person who enters into an agreement with an appraiser for the performance of an appraisal that on completion results in a report signed by both the appraiser who completed the appraisal and the appraiser who requested completion of the appraisal; or  (9) An appraisal management company operating:  (A) Only in this state with an appraiser panel of not more than fifteen (15) appraisers at all times during a calendar year; or  (B) In multiple states, including this state, with an appraiser panel of not more than twenty-four (24) appraisers in all states at all times during a calendar year.
AR Code § 17-14-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 14 - Appraisers|Subchapter 4 - Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|§ 17-14-413. Compensation of appraisers

 (a) An appraisal management company shall:  (1) Except in cases of breach of contract or substandard performance of services, pay an appraiser for the completion of an appraisal or valuation assignment not later than the sixtieth day after the date the appraiser provides the initial appraisal or valuation assignment to the appraisal management company; and  (2) Compensate appraisers at a rate that is reasonable and customary for appraisals being performed in the market area of the property being appraised consistent with the presumptions under federal law.    (b) An appraiser who is aggrieved under this section may file a complaint with the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board against the appraisal management company.
AR Code § 17-14-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 14 - Appraisers|Subchapter 4 - Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|§ 17-14-414. Appraisal review

 Any employee of an appraisal management company or an independent contractor of the appraisal management company who performs a Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Standard 3 appraisal review of an appraisal report on a property located in this state shall be an appraiser with the proper level of appraiser credential issued by the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
AR Code § 17-15-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-15-101. Title

 This chapter may be known and cited as the “Arkansas Architectural Act”.
AR Code § 17-15-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-15-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Architect” means a person who is technically and legally qualified to practice architecture;  (2) “Direct supervision” means that degree of supervision by a person overseeing the work of another whereby the supervisor has both control over and detailed professional knowledge of the work prepared under his or her supervision;  (3) [Repealed.]  (4)  (A)  (i) “Practice of architecture” means the provision of, or offering to provide, services in connection with the design and construction, enlargement, or alteration of a building or group of buildings, and the space within and surrounding such buildings, which is designed for human occupancy or habitation.  (ii) The services include:  (a) Planning;  (b) Providing preliminary studies, designs, drawings, specifications, and other technical submissions; and  (c) Administration of construction contracts.      (B) “Practice of architecture” does not include the practice of engineering as defined in the Arkansas Engineering Act, § 17-30-101 et seq., or the practice of contracting as defined in the Contractors Licensing Law, § 17-25-101 et seq., but a registered architect may perform such engineering work as is incidental to the practice of architecture, and an engineer may practice such architectural work as is incidental to the practice of engineering.  (C) The provisions of this chapter affirm the legal authority of an engineer licensed under the Arkansas Engineering Act, § 17-30-101 et seq., to provide consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and design of buildings intended for the accommodation of equipment, vehicles, goods, or processes or other utilitarian function, with human occupancy including office space as required for the support of these functions, provided the engineer is practicing within his or her area of competency as defined in the Arkansas Engineering Act, § 17-30-101 et seq.;    (5) “Registered architect” means an architect holding a current registration in the State of Arkansas;  (6) “Registration” means the certificate of registration issued by the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers; and  (7) “Technical submissions” means drawings, specifications, studies, and other technical reports prepared in the course of practicing architecture.
AR Code § 17-15-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-15-103. Penalties

 A person shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor each day of the unlawful practice to constitute a distinct and separate offense if that person:   (1) Practices or offers to practice the profession of architecture in this state without being registered or exempted therefrom in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;  (2) Gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers or to any member thereof for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of registration;  (3) Falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different name;  (4) Attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration; or  (5) Violates, or aids or abets any violation of, any of the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-15-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-15-104. Enforcement

 (a) It shall be the duty of all duly constituted officers of the law in this state, and of all political subdivisions, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to prosecute any persons violating its provisions.  (b) The Attorney General or his or her assistants shall act as legal advisors to the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers and shall render any legal assistance that may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The board, in its discretion, may employ other legal assistance that it may require.
AR Code § 17-15-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-15-105. Injunctions

 (a) The violation of any provision of this chapter, and the construction of any structure in violation of its provisions, or any of them, is declared to constitute a nuisance and a threat to the public health and welfare and may be enjoined by the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers in the circuit courts of this state, even though the violation may be punishable by fine, the intention of this section being to provide a speedy means of protecting the public.  (b) The board shall not be required to execute or give a bond for cost, indemnity, or stay, as a condition to the issuance of a restraining order or injunction, either temporary or permanent, in any court of this state.
AR Code § 17-15-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-15-106. “Good Samaritan” law — Definitions

 (a) If a registered architect or professional engineer voluntarily, without compensation other than expense reimbursement, provides architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, or other design professional services related to a declared national, state, or local emergency caused by an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, explosion, collapse, or other similar disaster or catastrophic event, at the request of or with the approval of a national, state, or local public official, law enforcement official, public safety official, or building inspection official believed by the registered architect or professional engineer to be acting in his or her official capacity, the registered architect or professional engineer shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss of any nature related to the registered architect's or professional engineer's acts, errors, or omissions in the performance of any architectural or engineering services for any structure, building, facility, project utility, equipment, machine, process, piping, or other system, either publicly or privately owned.  (b) The immunity provided under subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to a voluntary architectural or engineering service that occurs during the emergency or within ninety (90) days following the end of the period for an emergency or other similar disaster or catastrophic event, unless extended by an executive order issued by the Governor under the Governor's emergency executive powers.  (c) This section does not provide immunity for wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct.  (d) As used in this section:  (1) “Building inspection official” means an appointed or elected federal, state, or local official with the executive responsibility to coordinate building inspection in the jurisdiction in which an emergency or event has occurred;  (2) “Law enforcement official” means an appointed or elected federal, state, or local official with the executive responsibility to coordinate law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which an emergency or event has occurred;  (3) “Professional engineer” means a person licensed as an engineer under a state's engineering licensure laws;  (4) “Public official” means a federal, state, or local elected official with the executive responsibility in the jurisdiction in which an emergency or event has occurred;  (5) “Public safety official” means an appointed or elected federal, state, or local official with the executive responsibility to coordinate public safety in the jurisdiction in which an emergency or event has occurred; and  (6) “Registered architect” means a person licensed under a state's architectural licensure laws as a registered architect.
AR Code § 17-15-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers|§ 17-15-201. Members

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers shall consist of nine (9) members, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate for terms of five (5) years, or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.  (2) The Governor shall consult professional societies and associations representing the three (3) design professions before making an appointment under this section.    (b)  (1) Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state.  (2) Five (5) members shall be architects of recognized standing who have been engaged in the independent practice of architecture for at least ten (10) years before appointment.  (3)  (A) Two (2) members shall not be actively engaged in or retired from the profession of architecture, interior design, or landscape architecture.  (B) The two (2) members shall represent consumers, and both shall be appointed from the state at large subject to confirmation by the Senate.  (C) The two (2) positions may not be held by the same person. Both shall be full voting members but shall not participate in the grading of examinations.    (4) One (1) member shall be a landscape architect licensed by the board under § 17-36-301 et seq.  (5) One (1) member shall be a registered interior designer registered by the board under § 17-35-301 et seq.    (c) Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of his or her appointment from the Governor and before beginning his or her term of office shall file with the Secretary of State his or her written oath for the faithful discharge of his or her duties.  (d)  (1) By due process of law, the Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty, or for any malfeasance in office.  (2) Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the Governor as provided for in subsection (b) of this section.  (3) If the Governor does not name a successor for an unexpired term or fill a vacancy within three (3) months after the term of a member has expired or a vacancy occurred, then the remaining members of the board shall be empowered to, and may, fill the vacancy by electing a member having the qualifications required by subsection (b) of this section to serve out the vacant term.    (e) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement under § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 17-15-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers|§ 17-15-202. Organization and proceedings

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers shall hold at least two (2) meetings each year for the purpose of examining the candidates for registration and license. Special meetings shall be held at such times as the regularly adopted rules of the board provide.  (b) Five (5) members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but no action may be taken without at least three (3) votes in accord.  (c) The board shall adopt and have an official seal.  (d)  (1) The board shall annually elect a president, a secretary, and a treasurer.  (2) The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person, and there may be included in the election, if deemed advisable by the board, a vice president.    (e) All expenses incurred by the board for the administration of this chapter, § 17-35-101 et seq., and § 17-36-101 et seq. are to be defrayed by revenues provided for in this chapter, § 17-35-101 et seq., and § 17-36-101 et seq.
AR Code § 17-15-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers|§ 17-15-204. Records and reports

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for registration that shall show:  (1) Name, age, and residence of the applicant;  (2) Date of application;  (3) Educational and other qualifications;  (4) Whether or not an examination was required;  (5) Whether the applicant was rejected;  (6) Whether a certificate of registration was granted;  (7) Date of the action of the board; and  (8) Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the board.    (b) A roster showing the names, addresses, and places of business of all registered architects, registered landscape architects, and registered interior designers shall be prepared by the secretary of the board at least one time each year.
AR Code § 17-15-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers|§ 17-15-205. Continuing education

 (a) The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers may adopt rules setting minimum standards of continuing education to ensure that all registered architects, registered landscape architects, and registered interior designers remain informed of those technical and professional subjects that the board deems appropriate.  (b) The board may by rules describe the methods by which such standards may be satisfied, and may provide that failure to satisfy the minimum standards shall be grounds for nonrenewal of the certificate of registration.