33-28-119. Advertising; licensing under one name; trade names; advertisement of licensees.
(a) Every real estate licensee, when promoting himself as a licensee, advertising or promoting his real estate activities, shall use the real estate company name under which he is licensed by the commission and shall use no slogans or phraseology in a manner which would indicate or suggest to the public that real estate may be listed or is being offered for sale, exchange, lease or rent by a private party not licensed by the commission.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 104, § 2.
(c) No person shall act or advertise as a licensee in this state by use of letterheads, billboards, radio or television announcements or any other media of advertising, without first obtaining a license from the commission.
(d) No person shall conduct or promote a real estate company other than the real estate company under which the person or company is licensed by the commission.
(e) A trade name, with the permission of the owner of the trade name, may be used concurrently with the licensed name of the real estate company in the promotion or conduct of the responsible broker's business. On promotional materials the real estate company name shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner that the general public may easily identify, as prescribed in commission rules.
(f) A licensed responsible broker shall not advertise the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate, unless owned by him, without including in the advertisement the real estate company name under which he is licensed by the commission.
(g) A licensed associate broker or salesperson shall not advertise the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate, unless owned by him, without including in the advertisement the real estate company name under which he is licensed by the commission.
(h) A licensee shall not advertise the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate owned by the licensee unless the advertisement includes the fact that an owner of the real estate is a licensee.
(j) If a licensee uses his individual name in advertising, the first and last name shall be included. A common shortened spelling of the first name of the licensee is permitted. The use of a nickname is permitted if the nickname is reflected on the license.