--- title: Recent Regulatory Actions in Minnesota; Part 1 description: Every once in a while I peruse the regulatory actions taken by Minnesota's Departments of Commerce and Labor & Industry. This perusal is for the purpose of keeping up to date with what regulators are looking at and provide some prophylactic advice to clients. --- [Dan's Desk](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin) - [lawyer](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/lawyer) - [hugo](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/hugo) - [MN](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/mn) - [law](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/law) - [attorney](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/attorney) - [legal](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/legal) [Subscribe](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/recent-regulatory-actions-in-minnesota-part-1#) 08/15/2018 # Recent Regulatory Actions in Minnesota; Part 1 - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Recent%20Regulatory%20Actions%20in%20Minnesota%3B%20Part%201&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Frecent-regulatory-actions-in-minnesota-part-1](mailto:?subject=Recent%20Regulatory%20Actions%20in%20Minnesota%3B%20Part%201&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Frecent-regulatory-actions-in-minnesota-part-1) Every once in a while I peruse the regulatory actions taken by Minnesota's Departments of Commerce and Labor & Industry. This perusal is for the purpose of keeping up to date with what regulators are looking at and provide some prophylactic advice to clients. Here are some recent actions of note by the Department of Commerce: An appraiser in Hugo was assessed a civil penalty for handing out the lockbox code to a property. In do doing so, he permitted someone to improperly access the subject property. Several appraiser coordinators were sanctioned for failing to pay their appraisers within 30 days of being paid by the client. **The penalties ranged from $2,000 to $5,000**. In the gold bouillon industry, a St. Louis Park firm was sanctioned for selling regulated products without first registering with the Department. **The penalty was $1,500**. On the debt side, most recent sanctions were for providing credit repair services without first being licensed. One company in California **paid a $70,000 civil penalty** for essentially disregarding the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. Several ***real estate licenses*** were ***suspended*** for unpaid personal taxes or child support. An agent in Pequot Lakes was **sanctioned $10,000** for failing to disclose known information, failing to provide a required disclosure, and failing to disclose that a principal in the transaction was a relative. Maple Grove was a bad spot for real estate agents, with a few agents from there recently being sanctioned. One particularly notable action was against an agent who did, amongst other things, participated in using or creating a ***false power of attorney** *document. Next week we'll see what Labor & Industry has been up to lately! See you then. The material contained herein is provided for informational purposes only and is not legal advice, nor is it a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney. Each situation is unique, and you should not act or rely on any information contained herein without seeking the advice of an experienced attorney. 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Born in St. Paul, Dan spent many of his formative years growing up there before moving to White Bear Lake. After graduating from White Bear Lake, Dan spent four glorious years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a degree in two majors. Dan worked as a Senior Investigator at the Minnesota Department of Commerce for several years after graduating from college. During his final years Dan attended William Mitchell College of Law while still working full-time. During this exhausting 3 ½ year period Dan honed his skills in becoming an efficient, to-the-point legal practitioner. While at Madison Dan met his wife, Tonya, and together they moved to Minnesota to plant their roots. Dan and Tonya have two amazing, unique children and reside in Hugo. ### CONNECT WITH ME - ## Related Posts [01/23/2019 Regulatory Update: Administrative Sanctions As you regular readers know, every once in a while I check on what sanctions have been imposed by Minnesota's regulators. Read Post ](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/regulatory-update-administrative-sanctions) [02/22/2017 Recent Regulatory Actions in Minnesota As an active Hugo Minnesota lawyer, I keep an eye on what the regulators are imposing for sanctions on licensees. 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