Minnesota Administrative Rules

2830.0080 FRAUDULENT, DECEPTIVE, OR DISHONEST PRACTICES.

The methods, acts, and practices contained in this part or similar thereto shall be presumed fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest if engaged in by the abstracter or the abstracter's agent and shall constitute grounds for denial, refusal to renew, suspension, or revocation of the license of the abstracter:

A.

making any material misstatement in the application for a license or in any information furnished to the commissioner or to the attorney general pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214;

B.

causing to be published advertising, whether written or printed communication or any communication by recorded telephone message, radio, television, picture, or similar means, which is misleading or inaccurate in any material manner;

C.

procuring, or attempting to procure, an abstracter's license for the abstracter or any other person by fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit;

D.

violating any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance of this state or any of its political subdivisions, including the commissioner, or the United States government, or a United States agency relating to the practice of abstracters;

E.

making a false statement as to the existence or amount of the bond or abstracter's liability insurance policy filed with the commissioner;

F.

representing that the abstracter has a license or bond or abstracter's liability insurance policy when the abstracter, in fact, does not;

G.

falsifying an abstract of title, or any entry, or the certification of an abstract; and

H.

engaging in any other conduct which constitutes dishonest actions in the abstracter's practice as a licensed abstracter which endangers the interest of the public or any person, firm, or private corporation in connection with the performance of an abstract.

Nothing in this part shall limit the authority of the commissioner to take formal action against an abstracter for the use of fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest activities of a type not specifically described.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 386.63

History:

16 SR 1086; L 1993 c 369 s 27,28

Published Electronically:

September 14, 2007