41-2177. Renewal of licenses; license
status
A. Licenses issued under this article shall expire one year from the date of
issuance. An application for renewal of any current license with evidence of a valid
bond or cash deposit when accompanied by the required fee and received by the deputy
director before the expiration date shall authorize the licensee to operate until actual
issuance of the renewal license for the ensuing year.
B. A license which expires may be reactivated and renewed within one year of its
expiration by filing the required renewal application, signed by the licensee or
qualifying party for a business licensee, evidence of a valid bond and payment of a fee
of one hundred twenty-five per cent of the amount required for that license class. When
a license has been expired for more than one year for failure to renew, a new application
for license shall be made and a new license issued pursuant to this article. If the
license has been expired for more than one year, the fee required shall be two hundred
per cent of the fee required for that license class.
C. An applicant for renewal of a license issued pursuant to this article shall not
be required to take a written examination.
D. A license is not transferable. Any change in the legal entity of a licensee
that includes any change in the ownership of a sole proprietorship or a partner of a
partnership or in the creation of a new corporate entity requires a new license.
E. A license may be cancelled on the written request of the owner of a sole
proprietorship, a partner of a partnership or, in the case of a corporation, any person
with written evidence of his authority to request the cancellation. A salesperson's
license may be cancelled on the written request of the salesperson. The director may
refuse to accept voluntary cancellation of a license if good cause may exist for
disciplinary action.
F. If possible, the licensee shall notify the director in writing of the
disassociation of a qualifying party before the action, and in any event no later than
five business days after the action. The licensee shall also notify the director as to
who will be temporarily responsible for the operation of the business. The absence of a
written designated qualifying party for sixty days is grounds for suspension of the
license. If a person ceases to be the qualifying party for a licensee, the person shall
notify the office within five days.
G. An application for a new qualifying party shall include the completion of the
prescribed forms, fingerprints and testing, if applicable, in accordance with sections
41-2175 and 41-2176.
H. A licensee may request the deputy director, on forms prescribed by the deputy
director, to inactivate the licensee's current license for a period of not more than two
years. In the absence of any disciplinary proceeding or disciplinary suspension and on
payment of reasonable fees determined by the board the deputy director may issue an
inactive license certificate to the licensee if the licensee has turned in his
license. The inactive license certificate may consist of an endorsement on the
licensee's license stating that the license is inactive. The deputy director may not
refund any of the license renewal fee which a licensee paid before requesting inactive
status. A licensee's license which is not suspended or revoked and is inactive shall be
reactivated as an active license on payment of the current year's renewal fee and thirty
days' written notice to the deputy director. No examination may be required to
reactivate an inactive license. If the license is not reactivated within two years, a
new application for licensing must be made and the new license issued pursuant to this
chapter. No licensee may inactivate the license more than once. The holder of an
inactive license shall not work as a licensee until his license is reactivated as an
active license. The inactive status of a licensee's license does not bar any
disciplinary action by the deputy director against a licensee for any of the grounds
stated in this chapter.
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