Iowa Code § 543B.16 - Application forms

1. Every applicant for a license shall apply in writing upon blanks prepared or furnished by the real estate commission. The real estate commission shall not require that a recent photograph of the applicant be attached to the application. The real estate commission shall only require an applicant to disclose on the application criminal convictions for crimes classified as indictable offenses. 2. Every applicant for a license shall furnish information setting forth the applicant’s present mailing address and electronic mail address. 3. Every applicant for a salesperson’s license shall furnish a written statement by the designated broker whose service the applicant is about to enter recommending that the license be granted to the applicant. 4. The application form prepared or furnished by the real estate commission must allow a person holding a real estate broker license who is applying for a real estate salesperson license, or a person holding a real estate salesperson license who is applying for a real estate broker license, to indicate whether the license being applied for shall become effective upon approval of the application or upon the expiration of the applicant’s current license. [C31, 35, §1905-c31; C39, §1905.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §117.16; 81 Acts, ch 54, §8] C93, §543B.16 2015 Acts, ch 29, §114; 2017 Acts, ch 71, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §158; 2025 Acts, ch 83, §1 Referred to in §543B.43 NEW subsection 4