Person: means a natural person or an entity, including a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, cooperative, estate, trust, or government unit. See Tennessee Code 62-39-402
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
States: means the fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia and the territories of Guam, Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U. See Tennessee Code 62-39-402
(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 person with an ownership interest in the appraisal management company and that no person with an ownership interest in the appraisal management company has had an appraiser 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.
