(a) (1) Applications for licensure must be submitted on forms provided by the Arkansas Real Estate Commission.
(2) The commission may require any information and documentation needed to determine if the applicant meets the criteria for licensure as provided in this chapter.
(3) Each applicant shall pay such application fee and examination fee as the commission may require pursuant to § 17-42-304.
(4) (A) Applicants that have provided all required information and documentation to the commission may sit for the examination, provided that a request has been sent to the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police for a state and federal criminal background check.
(B) Upon the successful completion of the license exam, no license shall be issued until the commission receives and approves the state and federal criminal background check.
(b) (1) (A) An applicant who successfully completes the examination shall pay, within ninety (90) days from the date of the examination, such license fee and Real Estate Recovery Fund fee as the commission may require pursuant to § 17-42-304.
(B) (i) If the federal criminal background check has not been received by the commission within ninety (90) days of the date of the examination, the date may be extended by the commission until receipt of the federal criminal background check.
(ii) No real estate license shall be issued until receipt and approval by the commission of the state and federal criminal background check.
(2) The applicant's failure to pay the license fee and Real Estate Recovery Fund fee within that ninety-day period shall invalidate the examination results, and the applicant shall be required to make new application and retake the examination as an original applicant.
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