Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: CRAIG H. BUTTERFIELD
Judges: LAWRENCE P. STEVENSON
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Altamonte Springs, Florida
Filed: Nov. 28, 2018
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
Latest Update: Nov. 16, 2024
FILED
Department of Business and Professional
AGENCY CLERK
CLERK Ronda L. Bryan
9/10/2018
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Petitioner,
v. Case No. 2018-025167
CRAIG H. BUTTERFIELD,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Department Of Business and Professional Regulation (Petitioner) files this
Administrative Complaint before the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board, against Respondent,
CRAIG H. BUTTERFIELD (Respondent), and alleges:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of real estate
appraisal pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 120, 455, and 475 of the
Florida Statutes.
2. At all times material to this Complaint, Respondent was licensed as a state
certified general real estate appraiser in the State of Florida, having been issued license number
RZ 1063.
3. Respondent’s address of record with Petitioner is 2711 North Halifax Avenue,
#178, Daytona Beach, Florida 32118.
4, Pursuant to Final Adjudication and Order, effective June 2, 2016, at Docket No.
1425-70-14, File No. 12-70-04305, the Pennsylvania State Board of Certified Real Estate
Appraisers levied a civil penalty of $2000.00, imposed costs of investigation of $9,100.00,
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actively suspended Respondent for at least one (1) year (immediately stayed in favor of
probation), and required Respondent to satisfactorily complete the 15-hour National USPAP
Course within six (6) months of the Order.
5. Respondent failed to pay the civil penalty and costs of investigation and failed to
complete the required course.
6. Pursuant to the Final Order in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of
Professional and Occupational Affairs v. Crag H. Butterfield, Docket No. 1329-70-17, File No.
17-70-05533, dated January 19, 2018, the Respondent’s certificate to practice real estate
appraising in Pennsylvania, #GA003617, was suspended for at least one (1) year.
COUNT ONE
de Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates by reference the allegations set forth in
paragraphs one (1) through six (6).
8. Section 475.624(6), Florida Statutes, subjects a real estate appraiser licensee to
discipline if he “[h]as a registration, license, or certification as an appraiser revoked, suspended,
or otherwise acted against; has been disbarred; has had her or his registration, license, or
certificate to practice or conduct any regulated profession, business, or vocation revoked or
suspended by this or any other state, any nation, or any possession or district of the United
States; or has had an application for such registration, licensure, or certification to practice or
conduct any regulated profession, business, or vocation denied by this or any other state, any
nation, or any possession or district of the United States.”
9. Based on the foregoing, Respondent is subject to discipline under Section
475,624(6), Florida Statutes.
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WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Real Estate
Appraisal enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: permanent revocation
or suspension of Respondent’s license, restriction of practice, imposition of an administrative
fine, issuance of a reprimand, placement of Respondent on probation, assessment of costs,
corrective action and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate.
Signed this 6" day of September, 2018.
Jonathan Zachem, Secretary
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation
By: /s/ Daold W. Aring
David W. Aring
Assistant General Counsel
Florida Bar No. 0621471
Florida Department of Business
and Professional Regulation
Office of the General Counsel
2601 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399
(850) 717-1216 - Telephone
(850) 921-9186 - Facsimile
PCP Date: 09.05.18
PCP Members: E. Oreto / J. Herndon
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NOTICE OF RIGHTS
PLEASE BE ADVISED that mediation under section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not
available for administrative disputes involving this type of agency action.
PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED that Respondent has the right to request a hearing to
be conducted in accordance with sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, to be represented
by counsel or other qualified representative, to present evidence and argument, to call and cross-
examine witnesses, and to have subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued on his or her
behalf if a hearing is requested. Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative Code, provides in part
that if Respondent fails to request a hearing within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of an agency
pleading, Respondent waives the right to request a hearing on the facts alleged.
NOTICE REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
Respondent is placed on notice that Petitioner has incurred costs related to the
investigation and prosecution of this matter. Pursuant to section 455.227(3)(a), Florida Statutes,
the Board, or the Department when there is no Board, may assess costs related to the
investigation and prosecution of the case excluding costs associated with an attorney's time,
against Respondent in addition to any other discipline imposed.
Docket for Case No: 18-006285PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jan. 22, 2019 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jan. 18, 2019 |
Notice of Appearance (Mackenzie Medich) filed.
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Jan. 16, 2019 |
Notice of Telephonic Pre-hearing Conference (set for January 18, 2019; 1:00 p.m.).
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Jan. 15, 2019 |
Petitioner's Amended Witness List filed.
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Jan. 09, 2019 |
Notice of Court Reporter filed.
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Jan. 07, 2019 |
Petitioner's Motion to Take Official Recognition filed.
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Jan. 04, 2019 |
Petitioner's Motion to Deem Petitioner's Request for Admissions Contained within Petitioner's First Interlocking Discovery Request as Admitted; Deem the Final Orders from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Admitted as Self Authenticating Documents; and to Relinquish Jurisdiction as there are No Facts in Dispute filed.
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Jan. 04, 2019 |
Notice of Appearance (Alphonse Cheneler) filed.
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Dec. 26, 2018 |
Undeliverable envelope returned from the Post Office.
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Dec. 20, 2018 |
Motion to be Heard by Video Deposition From Out of State filed.
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Dec. 20, 2018 |
Letter to PA - could not attend hearing and RICO (Racketeering) filed by Respondent.
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Dec. 20, 2018 |
Respondent's initial response for Florida filed.
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Dec. 20, 2018 |
Respondent's response to Michael Hanson filed.
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Dec. 20, 2018 |
Respondent's response to false accusations - Additional Detail filed.
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Dec. 20, 2018 |
Respondent's response to false accusations - Bullet Points filed.
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Dec. 11, 2018 |
Petitioner's Witness List filed.
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Dec. 10, 2018 |
Undeliverable envelope returned from the Post Office.
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Dec. 10, 2018 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Dec. 10, 2018 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for January 28, 2019; 9:00 a.m.; Altamonte Springs and Tallahassee, FL).
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Dec. 06, 2018 |
Petitioner's and Respondent's Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Dec. 05, 2018 |
Notice of Petitioner's First Interlocking Discovery Requests filed.
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Nov. 30, 2018 |
Initial Order.
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Nov. 28, 2018 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Nov. 28, 2018 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Nov. 28, 2018 |
Agency referral filed.
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