1. For each violation committed by an applicant, whether or not the applicant is issued a license, the Commissioner may impose upon the applicant an administrative fine of not more than $25,000 if the applicant:

(a) Has knowingly made or caused to be made to the Commissioner any false representation of material fact;

(b) Has suppressed or withheld from the Commissioner any information which the applicant possesses and which, if submitted by the applicant, would have rendered the applicant ineligible to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; or

(c) Has violated any provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter or an order of the Commissioner in completing and filing his or her application for a license or during the course of the investigation of his or her application for a license.

2. For each violation committed by a licensee, the Commissioner may impose upon the licensee an administrative fine of not more than $25,000, may suspend, revoke or place conditions upon the license, or may do both, if the licensee, whether or not acting as such:

(a) Is insolvent;

(b) Is grossly negligent or incompetent in performing any act for which the licensee is required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;

(c) Does not conduct his or her business in accordance with law or has violated any provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter or an order of the Commissioner;

(d) Is in such financial condition that the licensee cannot continue in business with safety to his or her customers;

(e) Has made a material misrepresentation in connection with any transaction governed by this chapter;

(f) Has suppressed or withheld from a client any material facts, data or other information relating to any transaction governed by the provisions of this chapter which the licensee knew or, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have known;

(g) Has knowingly made or caused to be made to the Commissioner any false representation of material fact or has suppressed or withheld from the Commissioner any information which the licensee possesses and which, if submitted by the licensee, would have rendered the licensee ineligible to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;

(h) Has failed to account to persons interested for all money received for a trust account;

(i) Has refused to permit an examination by the Commissioner of his or her books and affairs or has refused or failed, within a reasonable time, to furnish any information or make any report that may be required by the Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter;

(j) Has been convicted of, or entered or agreed to enter a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony in a domestic, foreign or military court within the 7 years immediately preceding the date of the application, or at any time if such felony involved an act of fraud, dishonesty or a breach of trust, moral turpitude or money laundering;

(k) Has refused or failed to pay, within a reasonable time, any fees, assessments, costs or expenses that the licensee is required to pay pursuant to this chapter or a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter;

(l) Has failed to pay a tax as required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 363A or 363C of NRS;

(m) Has failed to satisfy a claim made by a client which has been reduced to judgment;

(n) Has failed to account for or to remit any money of a client within a reasonable time after a request for an accounting or remittal;

(o) Has violated NRS 645C.557;

(p) Has commingled the money or other property of a client with his or her own or has converted the money or property of others to his or her own use; or

(q) Has engaged in any other conduct constituting a deceitful, fraudulent or dishonest business practice.

3. An order that imposes discipline and the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting that order are public records.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3757; A 2003, 2728, 3473; 2003, 20th Special Session, 223; 2009, 1522; 2011, 3634; 2015, 2943; R 2017, 3106, effective January 1, 2020)