1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant for registration who complies with section 9A.105, subsection 1.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 9A.106

  • Applicant: means a person authorized to regularly lend moneys to be secured by a mortgage on real property in this state, a licensed real estate broker, a licensed attorney, a participating abstractor, or a licensed closing agent. See Iowa Code 16.92
  • Athlete agent: means an individual, whether or not registered under this chapter, who does any of the following:
     (1) Directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract or, for compensation, procures employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for a student athlete as a professional athlete or member of a professional sports team or organization. See Iowa Code 9A.102
  • Educational institution: means a public or private elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college, or university. See Iowa Code 9A.102
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Registration: means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 9A.102
  • Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, doing any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 9A.102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 9A.102
  • Student athlete: means an individual who is eligible to attend an educational institution and engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. See Iowa Code 9A.102
 2. The secretary of state may refuse to issue a certificate of registration to an applicant for registration under section 9A.105, subsection 1, if the secretary of state determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant’s fitness to act as an athlete agent. In making the determination, the secretary of state may consider whether the applicant has done any of the following:

 a. Pleaded guilty or no contest to, has been convicted of, or has charges pending for, a crime that would involve moral turpitude or be a felony if committed in this state.
 b. Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent.
 c. Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.
 d. Engaged in conduct prohibited by section 9A.114.
 e. Had a registration as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied in any state.
 f. Been refused renewal of registration as an athlete agent in any state.
 g. Engaged in conduct resulting in imposition of a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or professional athletic event on a student athlete or a sanction on an educational institution.
 h. Engaged in conduct that adversely reflects on the applicant’s credibility, honesty, or integrity.
 3. In making a determination under subsection 2, the secretary of state shall consider all of the following:

 a. How recently the conduct occurred.
 b. The nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred.
 c. Other relevant conduct of the applicant.
 4. An athlete agent registered under subsection 1 may apply to renew the registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The applicant shall sign the application for renewal under penalty of perjury and include current information on all matters required in an original application for registration.
 5. An athlete agent registered under section 9A.105, subsection 3, may renew the registration by proceeding under subsection 4 or, if the registration in the other state has been renewed, by submitting to the secretary of state copies of the application for renewal in the other state and the renewed registration from the other state. The secretary of state shall renew the registration if the secretary of state determines all of the following:

 a. The registration requirements of the other state are substantially similar to or more restrictive than this chapter.
 b. The renewed registration has not been suspended or revoked and no action involving the individual’s conduct as an athlete agent is pending against the individual or the individual’s registration in any state.
 6. A certificate of registration or renewal of registration under this chapter is valid for two years.
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