An application may be denied for any one of the following reasons:

(1) The applicant has written insufficient funds checks within the calendar year before application or has written an insufficient funds check for the application;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-21A-33

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) The applicant has been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. If the applicant is a firm, a license may be denied if any partner, associate, director, stockholder, officer, or responsible broker has been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;

(3) The applicant has been disciplined by a regulatory agency in relation to activities as a real estate salesperson or broker, broker associate, firm, appraiser, mortgage broker, auctioneer, or any other regulated licensee, including insurance, securities, law, and commodities trading;

(4) The applicant has failed to satisfy the requirements as provided by this chapter;

(5) The applicant has failed the prelicense school examination;

(6) The applicant has not met education requirements;

(7) The applicant made deliberate misstatements, deliberate omissions, misrepresentations, or untruths in the application; or

(8) The applicant has a current and unpaid judgment filed against the applicant.

Source: SL 1992, ch 273, § 33; SL 1993, ch 290; SL 2011, ch 180, § 2; SL 2020, ch 162, § 2; SL 2023, ch 138, § 2.