Iowa PLB

Discipline Details

Discipline Information

 
C-REC-18-00216
F03091000
Cathryn McNamara Sommers
6/9/2023
Consent Agreement
$1000 Civil Penalty
Respondent is charged with engaging in practices harmful or detrimental to the public in violation of Iowa Code sections 543B.29(1)(d), 543B.29(1)(k), 543B.34(1), 543B.46 by:

(a) Failing to maintain at all times a record of the Respondent’s trust account and improper trust account procedures. See 193E Iowa Administrative Code §§ 13.1(6), 18.14(5)(e), 18.14(5)(f).

(b) Failing to accurately maintain a general ledger to record in chronological order all receipts and disbursements for the Respondent’s trust account. See 193E Iowa Administrative Code §§ 13.1(6)(a), 18.14(5)(e)(1).

(c) Failing to accurately maintain the running balance of all individual ledger accounts for the Respondent’s trust account. See 193E Iowa Administrative Code §§ 13.1(6)(b), 18.14(5)(e)(2).

(d) Failing to provide a means for a monthly reconciliation of the Respondent’s trust account to ensure agreement of the general ledger balance, reconciled bank balance and individual ledger accounts. See 193E Iowa Administrative Code §§ 13.1(6)(a)(3), 18.14(5)(e), 18.14(5)(f).

(e) Failing to ensure that sufficient funds are in the trust account to cover all outstanding obligations due and owing from the account. See 193E Iowa Administrative Code §§ 13.1(1)(c).
Satisfied
11/14/2023
18-216

Regulation Violations

Regulation Licensing Board
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