Sec. 20-523. Engaging in business without license or certification. Misrepresentation. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-523. Engaging in business without license or certification. Misrepresentation. (a) Any person who engages in the real estate appraisal business without obtaining a certification, license, limited license or provisional license, as the case may be, as provided in sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both, and shall be ineligible to obtain a certification, license, limited license or provisional license for one year from the date of conviction of such offense, except the commission, in its discretion, may grant a certification, license, limited license or provisional license, as the case may be, to such person within such one-year period upon application and after a hearing on such application.

      (b) No person who is not certified, licensed, limited licensed or provisionally licensed, as appropriate, by the commission as a real estate appraiser shall represent himself or herself as being so certified, licensed, limited licensed or provisionally licensed or use in connection with such person's name or place of business the term "real estate appraiser", "real estate appraisal", "certified appraiser", "certified appraisal", "residential appraiser", "residential appraisal", "limited licensed appraiser", "provisional appraiser" or "provisional appraisal" or any words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that such person is a certified, licensed, limited licensed or provisionally licensed, as appropriate, real estate appraiser in this state. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

      (P.A. 93-354, S. 48, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 82; P.A. 00-192, S. 72, 102.)

      History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 00-192 replaced references to "tenured license" with references to "limited license" and made technical changes in Subsec. (b) for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 26, 2000.