To be eligible for licensure as a real estate broker, broker-in-charge, or salesperson, an applicant must:
(1) attain the age of twenty-one if applying for a license as a broker or broker-in-charge;
(2) attain the age of eighteen if applying for a license as a salesperson;
(3) provide a physical address at which the licensee can be contacted in the course of an investigation. A licensee shall maintain on file with the commission his current contact information for his residential address, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Failure to update this contact information within thirty days after a change may result in an administrative suspension of the property manager, salesperson, broker, or broker-in-charge pursuant to Section 40-57-710;
(4) graduate from high school or hold a certificate of equivalency recognized by the State Department of Education;
(5) submit proof of completion of education to the commission and, if applicable, experience requirements as specified in this chapter;
(6) submit to criminal background check as provided in Section 40-57-115 for initial application; and
(7) pass the applicable examination.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 24, Section 1; formerly 1976 Code Section 40-57-80; 2016 Act No. 170 (S.1013), Section 1, eff January 1, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 170, Section 1, rewrote the section.
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