Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-709A

For purposes of the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers

Act, the required criminal history records check shall include a

state and national criminal history records search conducted by the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that is not more than ninety

(90) days old. Each criminal background check shall require:

1. The applicant shall submit a full set of usable fingerprints

that is not more than ninety (90) days old to the Real Estate

Appraiser Board for the purpose of permitting a state and federal

criminal history records search pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The OSBI may exchange these

fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI);

2. The applicant shall furnish the Board fingerprints as

established by Board rules and any applicable fees as required by a

state or federal law enforcement agency to process the background

check;

3. The Board shall forward the fingerprints along with the

applicable fee for a national criminal records history search to the

OSBI. The Bureau shall retain one set of fingerprints in the

Automated Fingerprint Identification System and submit the other set

to the FBI for a national criminal history records search;

4. Any and all state and federal criminal history record

information obtained by the Board from the OSBI or the FBI that is

not already a matter of public record shall be deemed confidential.

The confidential information shall be restricted to the exclusive

use of the Board, its members, officers, investigators, agents and

attorneys in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or

disqualification for licensure; and

5. Fingerprint images may be rejected by the OSBI or the FBI

for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, fingerprint

quality or an inability by the OSBI or the FBI to classify the

fingerprints. These rejections require the applicant to be

fingerprinted again. Applicants with fingerprints rejected will be

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required to repay and be re-fingerprinted. Applicants are

responsible for insuring and verifying that all data is correct in

the fingerprinting process.