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MS Code § 73-35-14.3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-14.3. Course content

  Minimum standards for the content for education courses required for licensure as a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson shall include content on:   The provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder;   Listing property;   Property valuation/appraisal;   Real estate arithmetic;   Characteristics of real property;   Agency and nonagency relationships;   Real estate sale contracts/agreements of sale;   Leasing and property management;   Transfer of title/ownership/deeds;   Settlement procedures;   Financing;   Professional responsibilities and ethics;   Fair housing;   Federal laws affecting real estate.     A prelicense course must meet any standards that the Association of Real Estate Licensing Law Officials (ARELLO), or its successor(s), may have for prelicense courses, including, without limitation, standards for content, form, examination, facilities and instructors. If ARELLO or its successor(s) operate a certification program for prelicense courses, a prelicense course must be certified by ARELLO or its successor(s) before the commission may approve the course.   The commission may establish by rule such other standards for prelicense education course content as the commission may deem necessary.   No more than eight (8) prelicense hours may be earned in a single day.   Courses covering the general content of subsection (1) of this section that are acceptable for credit toward a degree at a college or university as approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or the comparable regional accrediting authority shall qualify for the minimum standards for prelicense education by virtue of said accreditation. A semester-hour credit shall be equal to fifteen (15) classroom hours and a quarter-hour credit shall be equal to ten (10) classroom hours. Courses given under this section by such accredited institutions are not required to meet ARELLO standards or certifications. The commission may establish by rule that specific areas of the general content areas listed in subsection (1) of this section are not required to be met by courses offered by the accredited institutions under this subsection.
MS Code § 73-35-14.4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-14.4. Distance learning courses

  The term "distance learning course(s)" shall mean any course approved by the commission in which the student is not physically present in a classroom with the instructor, including, without limitation, correspondence courses, video/DVD based courses and online electronic courses.   The commission may approve distance learning courses for prelicense education, post-license education and continuing education courses. Any distance learning course must meet any standards that the Association of Real Estate Licensing Law Officials (ARELLO), or its successor(s), may have for such courses, including, without limitation, standards for content, form, examination, facilities and instructors. If no ARELLO standards exist for a distance learning course, the commission shall establish by rule such minimum standards. If ARELLO or its successor(s) operate a certification program for distance learning courses, a distance learning course must be certified by ARELLO or its successor(s) before the commission may approve the course.
MS Code § 73-35-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-15. Location of business and responsible broker to be designated

  Every person, partnership, association or corporation licensed as a real estate broker shall be required to have and maintain a definite place of business, which shall be a room either in his home or an office elsewhere, to be used for the transaction of real estate business, or such business and any allied business. The certificate of registration as broker and the certificate of each real estate salesperson employed by such broker shall be prominently displayed in said office. The said place of business shall be designated in the license. In case of removal from the designated address, the licensee shall make application to the commission before removal, or within ten (10) days after removal, designating the new location of such office, whereupon the commission shall forthwith issue a new license for the new location for the unexpired period.   All licenses issued to a real estate salesperson or broker-salesperson shall designate the responsible broker of such salesperson or broker-salesperson. Prompt notice in writing, within three (3) days, shall be given to the commission by any real estate salesperson of a change of responsible broker, and of the name of the principal broker into whose agency the salesperson is about to enter; and a new license shall thereupon be issued by the commission to such salesperson for the unexpired term of the original license upon the return to the commission of the license previously issued. The change of responsible broker or employment by any licensed real estate salesperson without notice to the commission as required shall automatically cancel his license. Upon termination of a salesperson's agency, the responsible broker shall within three (3) days return the salesperson's license to the commission for cancellation. It shall be unlawful for any real estate salesperson to perform any of the acts contemplated by this chapter either directly or indirectly after his agency has been terminated and his license has been returned for cancellation until his license has been reissued by the commission.
MS Code § 73-35-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-19. Real estate license fund

 All fees charged and collected under this chapter shall be paid by the administrator at least once a week, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof, into the treasury of the state to credit of a fund to be known as the "Real Estate License Fund," which fund is hereby created. All monies which shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the "Real Estate License Fund" are hereby appropriated to the use of the commission in carrying out the provisions of this chapter including the payment of salaries and expenses, printing an annual directory of licensees, and for educational purposes. Maintenance of a searchable, internet-based web site shall satisfy the requirement for publication of a directory of licensees under this section.
MS Code § 73-35-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-25. Appeals

  Any applicant or licensee or person aggrieved shall have the right of appeal from any adverse ruling or order or decision of the commission to the circuit court of the county of residence of the applicant, licensee or person, or of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, within thirty (30) days from the service of notice of the action of the commission upon the parties in interest.   Notice of appeals shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court who shall issue a writ of certiorari directed to the commission commanding it, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, to certify to such court its entire record in the matter in which the appeal has been taken. The appeal shall thereupon be heard in due course by said court, without a jury, which shall review the record and make its determination of the cause between the parties.   Any order, rule or decision of the commission shall not take effect until after the time for appeal to said court shall have expired. In the event an appeal is taken by a defendant, such appeal may act, in the discretion of the court, as a supersedeas and the court shall dispose of said appeal and enter its decision promptly.   Any person taking an appeal shall post a satisfactory bond in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the payment of any costs which may be adjudged against him.   Actions taken by the commission in suspending a license when required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 are not actions from which an appeal may be taken under this section. Any appeal of a license suspension that is required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 shall be taken in accordance with the appeal procedure specified in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, rather than the procedure specified in this section.
MS Code § 73-35-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-27. Duties of commission

  The commission is hereby authorized to assist in conducting or holding real estate courses or institutes, and to incur and pay the necessary expenses in connection therewith, which courses or institutes shall be open to any licensee or other interested parties.   The commission is hereby authorized to assist libraries, real estate institutes, and foundations with financial aid, or otherwise, in providing texts, sponsoring studies, surveys and educational programs for the benefit of real estate and the elevation of the real estate business.
MS Code § 73-35-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-29. Administrator to give bond

 The administrator, appointed by the commission, in the discretion of the commission, shall give bond in such sum and with such surety as the commission may direct and approve, and the premium thereon shall be paid by the commission.
MS Code § 73-35-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-31. Penalties for violations of chapter

  Any person violating a provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction of a first violation thereof, if a person, be punished by a fine or not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both; and if a corporation, be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). Upon conviction of a second or subsequent violation, if a person, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both; and if a corporation, be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Any officer or agent of a corporation, or any member or agent of a partnership or association, who shall personally participate in or be accessory to any violation of this chapter by such corporation, partnership or association, shall be subject to the penalties herein prescribed for individuals.   In case any person, partnership, association or corporation shall have received any sum of money, or the equivalent thereto, as commission, compensation or profit by or in consequence of his violation of any provision of this chapter, such person, partnership, association or corporation shall also be liable to a penalty of not less than the amount of the sum of money so received and not more than four (4) times the sum so received, as may be determined by the court, which penalty may be sued for and recovered by any person aggrieved and for his use and benefit, in any court of competent jurisdiction.   No fee, commission or other valuable consideration may be paid to a person for real estate brokerage activities as described in subsection (1) of Section 73-35-3 unless the person provides evidence of licensure under the provisions of this chapter or provides evidence of a cooperative agreement provided under the authority of Section 73-35-11.
MS Code § 73-35-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-33. License required to sue for compensation; suit by salesperson in own name

  No person, partnership, association or corporation shall bring or maintain an action in any court of this state for the recovery of a commission, fee or compensation for any act done or services rendered, the doing or rendering of which is prohibited under the provisions of this chapter for persons other than licensed real estate brokers, unless such person was duly licensed hereunder as a real estate broker at the time of the doing of such act or the rendering of such service.   No real estate salesperson shall have the right to institute suits in his own name for the recovery of a fee, commission or compensation for services as a real estate salesperson, but any such action shall be instituted and brought by the broker employing such salesperson. However, any real estate salesperson shall have the right to bring an action in his own name if the action is against the broker employing such salesperson for the recovery of any fees owed to him.
MS Code § 73-35-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|In General|§ 73-35-35. Commission to adopt rules and regulations; notice of rule or regulation change or adoption

  The commission may act by a majority of the members thereof, and authority is hereby given to the commission to adopt, fix and establish all rules and regulations in its opinion necessary for the conduct of its business, the holdings of hearings before it, and otherwise generally for the enforcement and administration of the provisions of this chapter.  Further, the commission is empowered with the authority to adopt such rules and regulations as it deems appropriate to regulate the sale of timesharing and condominium properties within the State of Mississippi and the sale of timesharing and condominium properties in other states to residents of Mississippi.    Beginning on July 1, 2019, the commission shall provide notice by email to each real estate broker and real estate salesperson who has provided an email address to the commission under Section 73-35-9 or 73-35-18 of each proposed rule or regulation change or adoption. The notice required under this subsection must be given on no less than three (3) separate occasions during the notice period prescribed under the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law (Chapter 43, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972).
MS Code § 73-35-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|Interest on Real Estate Brokers' Escrow Accounts Act|§ 73-35-101. Short title

 Sections 73-35-101 through 73-35-105 shall be known and may be cited as the "Interest on Real Estate Brokers' Escrow Accounts Act."
MS Code § 73-35-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 35 - Real Estate Brokers|Interest on Real Estate Brokers' Escrow Accounts Act|§ 73-35-103. Definitions

 As used in Sections 73-35-101 through 73-35-105, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Real estate broker" or "broker" means an individual, partnership or corporation licensed pursuant to Section 73-35-1 et seq., and as defined under Section 73-35-3(1).   "IREBEA" means the program created and governed by Sections 73-35-101 through 73-35-105.   "Interest earnings" means the total interest earnings generated by the IREBEA at each individual financial institution.   "Local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.," means an independently run 501(c)(3) organization that acts in partnership with and on behalf of Habitat for Humanity International, Inc., to coordinate all aspects of Habitat home building in a specific geographical area.   Local affiliate of Fuller Center for Housing, Inc., means an independently run 501(c)(3) organization that acts in partnership with and on behalf of Fuller Center for Housing, Inc., to coordinate all aspects of home building on behalf of the Fuller Center in a specific geographical area.   "Chair of real estate" means the endowment fund held and administered by any Mississippi university. For those universities which do not designate or which do not have a "chair of real estate," the term "chair of real estate" includes a professorship of real estate.
MS Code § 73-39-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 39 - Veterinarians|Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act|§ 73-39-51. Short title

 This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act."
MS Code § 73-39-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 39 - Veterinarians|Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act|§ 73-39-59. Licensing requirement for practice of veterinary medicine; establishment of veterinarian-client-patient relationship

  No person may practice veterinary medicine in the state who is not a licensed veterinarian or the holder of a valid temporary permit issued by the board unless otherwise exempt under this chapter.   No person may practice veterinary medicine in the state except within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.   A veterinarian-client-patient relationship cannot be established solely by telephonic or other electronic means.
MS Code § 73-39-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 39 - Veterinarians|Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act|§ 73-39-63. Practice of veterinary technology; eligibility for certification as animal technician; renewal of credentials through continual professional education; suspension, revocation, or denial of certification

  The practice of veterinary technology is a privilege granted by legislative authority to maintain public health, safety and welfare and to protect the public from being misled by unauthorized individuals.   An individual who has graduated from a veterinary technology or technician program that is accredited according to the standards adopted by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Committee on Veterinary Technician/Technology Education and Activities, and who has filed the application and the requisite fees shall be eligible to take the examination for certification as an animal technician.   Veterinary technicians and technologists applying for certification shall be required to pass the Veterinary Technician National Examination, with scores as set by the board, before receiving certification.   All certified veterinary technicians and technologists shall be required to complete continuing professional education as prescribed by rule to renew their credentials.   After a hearing, the board may suspend, revoke or deny the issuance or renewal of certification of any veterinary technician or technologist who is found guilty of any of the following:   Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for certification.   Criminal offense relating to veterinary medicine.   Any violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law.   Convicted of cruelty to animals.   Violation of any of the rules or regulations of the board.
MS Code § 73-39-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 39 - Veterinarians|Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act|§ 73-39-65. Grandfather provision

 Any person who holds a valid license to practice veterinary medicine in this state on July 1, 2005, shall be recognized as a licensed veterinarian and shall be entitled to retain this status so long as he complies with this chapter.
MS Code § 73-39-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 39 - Veterinarians|Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act|§ 73-39-67. Application for license; admission to state board examinations; license by endorsement; temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine; display of license

  To obtain a license to practice veterinary medicine, a person shall file a written application and application fee with the board.The application shall show that the applicant is a graduate of an accredited college of veterinary medicine or has the educational equivalence as set by the board.The application shall also show that the applicant is a person of good moral character and any other information and proof as the board may require.   If the board determines that the applicant possesses the proper qualifications, it shall admit the applicant to the next examination, or if the applicant is eligible for license by endorsement, the board may grant him a license.If an applicant is found not qualified to take the examination or for a license by endorsement, the board shall notify the applicant in writing within thirty (30) days of its finding and the grounds for its findings.An applicant found unqualified may request a hearing before the board.   The board may grant a temporary license to an applicant to practice veterinary medicine until the scheduled state board examination, if the applicant pays the application fee, provides sufficient evidence that he meets the qualifications for licensure, and provides evidence that he resides in the State of Mississippi.The board may grant a second temporary permit, but the board may not grant more than two (2) temporary permits to any one (1) person.   A person licensed by the board shall display the license in the facility in which the licensee practices.
MS Code § 73-39-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 39 - Veterinarians|Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act|§ 73-39-69. State board examination

  The board shall provide for at least one (1) examination for licensing, certification or registration during each calendar year and may provide for such additional examinations as are necessary.The board shall give public notice of the time and place of each examination at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the date of the examination.   The preparation, administration, grading and criterion for passing examinations shall be governed by rules prescribed by the board.Examinations for veterinary licensure shall be designed to test the examinee's knowledge of and proficiency in the subjects and techniques pertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine commonly taught in an accredited college of veterinary medicine.The passing score shall be determined by the testing entity.The board may adopt and use the results of a nationally recognized testing entity such as the National Board of Veterinary Medical Licensing Examiners.   Any person, not licensed to practice veterinary medicine under the laws of Mississippi, shall be required to take the state board examination.This examination shall be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act and Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics as set forth by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Notice of this examination shall be given one hundred twenty (120) days in advance, and application must be made at least thirty (30) days before the examination.The examination shall be administered annually on the second Tuesday of June. The application fee and time and location of the examination shall be determined by the board.   After examination, each examinee shall be notified of the result of the examination, and the board shall issue a license signed by members of the board.Any person who fails an examination may be admitted to any subsequent examination on payment of the application fee.