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RI Gen L § 5-20.5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-7 - Fixed office required - Display of license - Notice of change of address and employment.

§ 5-20.5-7. Fixed office required — Display of license — Notice of change of address and employment.Each resident licensed real estate broker must maintain a fixed office within this state. All business records relating to real estate transactions and to the management of that office must be kept on the premises of the fixed office location. The original license as real estate broker and the original license of each real estate salesperson in the employ of or under contract with that real estate broker shall be prominently displayed in the office. A real estate broker shall communicate any change of fixed office location to the director, and a real estate salesperson shall communicate any change of employment or broker affiliation to the director, immediately upon or prior to such change.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 113, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-8 - Corporations, partnerships, or associations engaging in business.

§ 5-20.5-8. Corporations, partnerships, or associations engaging in business.The real estate broker's license issued to any corporation, partnership, or association shall designate the name of the one principal active officer of the corporation, partnership, or association for whom that license is valid and every other active broker or salesperson of that corporation, partnership, or association is obliged to obtain an individual license as a real estate broker or salesperson.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-9 - Temporary license issued to representative of deceased broker.

§ 5-20.5-9. Temporary license issued to representative of deceased broker.In the event of the death of a licensed real estate broker who is the sole proprietor of a real estate business, the director shall, upon application by his or her legal representative, issue, without examination, a temporary license to that legal representative, or to an individual designated by him or her and approved by the director, upon filing of the required bond and the payment of the prescribed fee, that authorizes the temporary licensee to continue to transact the business for a period not to exceed one year from the date of death.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-11 - Fees and license renewals.

§ 5-20.5-11. Fees and license renewals.(a) The following fees shall be charged by the director:(1) For each application, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00);(2) For each examination, a fee, the cost of which is limited to the charge as designated by the appropriate testing service's contract with the department of business regulation;(3) For each original broker's license issued, a fee of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) per annum for the term of the license and for each annual renewal of the license, a fee of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) per annum for the term of renewal. The total fees for the term of initial licensure and of renewal must be paid at the time of application for the license;(4) For each original salesperson's license issued, a fee of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per annum for the term of the license and for each renewal of the license, a fee of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per annum for the term of the license. The total fees for the term of initial licensure and of renewal must be paid at the time of application for the license;(5) For each change from one broker to another broker by a salesperson, or a broker, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), to be paid by the salesperson or the broker;(6) For each broker's license reinstated after its expiration date, a late fee of one hundred dollars ($100), in addition to the required renewal fee;(7) For each salesperson's license reinstated after its expiration date, a late fee of one hundred dollars ($100) in addition to the required renewal fee.(b) Every licensed real estate broker and salesperson who desires to renew a license for the succeeding year term shall apply for the renewal of the license upon a form furnished by the director and containing information that is required by the director. Any renewal of a license is subject to the same provisions covering issuance, suspension, and revocation of any license originally issued. At no time shall any license be renewed without examination if the license has expired beyond a period of one year.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 184, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 17, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 73, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 23, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 113, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 82, § 6; P.L. 2015, ch. 105, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-13 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-20.5-13. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2, P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 59, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1999, ch. 149, § 1, effective June 28, 1999.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-16 - Appeals.

§ 5-20.5-16. Appeals.(a) The provisions of the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42, and all amendments and modifications to that act and the rules adopted pursuant to the act, apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative decisions of the department of business regulation. Any party aggrieved by a final administrative decision of the department may seek review of that decision in the superior court of the county of his or her residence.(b) Any person aggrieved has the right of appeal from any adverse ruling, order, or decision of the department of business regulation to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the hearing was held within thirty (30) days from the service of notice of the action of the department upon the parties to the hearing.(c) Notice of appeal shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court, which shall issue a writ of certiorari directed to the department of business regulation, commanding it, within fifteen (15) days after service of the writ, to certify to the court its entire record in the matter in which the appeal has been taken. The appeal shall be heard, in due course, by the court, which shall review the record and, after a hearing on the matter, make its determination of the cause.(d) A final administrative decision of the department of business regulation shall not become effective until time for appeal has expired. If an appeal is taken, it shall not act as a supersedeas unless the court so directs.(e) Any person taking an appeal shall post a bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the payment of any costs that may be assessed against him or her.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-17 - Penalties for violations.

§ 5-20.5-17. Penalties for violations.(a) Any person acting as a broker or as a salesperson without first obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year, or both; and if a corporation, is punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000). Any person upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense is punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed two (2) years, or both; and if a corporation, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).(b) In case any person has received any money, or the equivalent, as a fee, commission, compensation, or profit by or in consequence of a violation of any provision of this chapter, he or she, in addition, is liable to a penalty of not less than the amount of the sum of money received and not more than three (3) times the sum received, as may be determined by the court, which penalty may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction by any person aggrieved.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-18 - Department assistance in educational programs.

§ 5-20.5-18. Department assistance in educational programs.(a) The department of business regulation is authorized to conduct, hold, or assist in conducting or holding, real estate clinics, meetings, courses, or institutes, and to incur the necessary expenses limited by connection therewith, which are open to all licensees.(b) The department is authorized to assist educational institutions within this state in sponsoring studies, research, and programs for the purpose of raising the standards of professional practice in real estate and the competence of licensees in the public interest.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-19 - Real estate courses and schools - Regulation - Issue and revocation of permits - Exceptions.

§ 5-20.5-19. Real estate courses and schools — Regulation — Issue and revocation of permits — Exceptions.(a) The division of professional regulation is authorized and empowered to formulate rules and regulations relative to the establishment and operation of schools, courses of study, instruction, grades and grading systems, and related matters. The division and the council on postsecondary education have the power at any time to review the curriculum of those courses.(b) Any school, individual, or organization that offers or conducts any course or courses of study in real estate, or any course or courses designed or represented to enable or assist non-licensees or applicants for license to pass examinations conducted by the division of professional regulation, shall first obtain a permit from, and subsequently abide by the rules and regulations of, the division covering those schools.(c) The division has authority to suspend or revoke the permit of any school, individual, or organization for violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter. The provisions of this section do not apply to any college or university that has been accredited by any accrediting body approved by the council on postsecondary education.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 1974, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-20 - Real estate school permit - Fees - Penalty for operation without permit prohibited.

§ 5-20.5-20. Real estate school permit — Fees — Penalty for operation without permit prohibited.(a) It is unlawful for any school to offer courses or to conduct classes of instruction in real estate subjects without first procuring a permit; or having obtained a permit, to represent that its students are assured of passing examinations given by the division of professional regulation, or to represent that the issuance of a permit is a recommendation or endorsement of the school to which it is issued, or of any course of instruction given by it.(b) The application of each school shall be accompanied by a first-year license fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and a further fee of one hundred dollars ($100) multiplied by the remaining term of licensure. If issued, the license is renewable on the payment of a renewal fee assessed at the rate of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per annum. The total fee for the entire term of initial licensure and renewal shall be paid at the time of application.(c) In the event that any person is found guilty of violating this section in the operation of a school, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this section, or attempts to continue to operate as a school after the revocation or during a period of suspension of a permit, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) The department of business regulation shall promulgate rules and regulations mandating the term of license and the term of renewal of each permit issued. No license shall remain in force for a period in excess of three (3) years.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 59, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 184, § 3; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-21 - Actions for recovery of fee or commission.

§ 5-20.5-21. Actions for recovery of fee or commission.Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall maintain an action in any court of this state for the recovery of a commission, fee, or compensation for any act done, the doing of which is prohibited under this chapter to other than licensed brokers, unless that person was licensed under this chapter as a broker at the time of the doing of the act.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-22 - Severability.

§ 5-20.5-22. Severability.If any provision of this chapter is held invalid, that provision is deemed to be excised from this chapter and its invalidity does not affect any of the other provisions of this chapter. If the application of any provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, it does not affect the application of that provision to those persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 215, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-23 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-20.5-23. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 343, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 425, § 5, effective June 1, 1993.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-24 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-20.5-24. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 257, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 102, § 2, effective June 22, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 113, § 1, effective June 27, 2011.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-25 - Errors and omissions insurance required of real estate licensees.

§ 5-20.5-25. Errors and omissions insurance required of real estate licensees.(a) All holders of real estate brokers' and salespersons' licenses issued by the state department of business regulation shall, as a condition of retaining that license, carry and maintain errors and omissions insurance covering all business activities contemplated.(b) Licensees shall obtain errors and omissions insurance independently. The coverage contained in the policy shall comply with the minimum requirements established by the department of business regulation.(c) The department of business regulation shall determine the terms and conditions of coverage mandated under this section, including, but not limited to, the minimum limits of coverage; the permissible deductible; and permissible exemptions. The department of business regulation shall seek the assistance of the real estate commission as to the terms and conditions of coverage.(d) A certificate of coverage must be filed with the department of business regulation by the annual license renewal date by each licensee.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 412, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 202, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-27 - License required for ownership.

§ 5-20.5-27. License required for ownership.No person, firm, or corporation shall have an ownership interest in a real estate brokerage firm nor participate in the operation of the real estate brokerage firm unless the person, firm, or corporation holds a valid real estate broker's license, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 115, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 113, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.5-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.5 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 5-20.5-28 - Order to cease unsafe practices - Appeal.

§ 5-20.5-28. Order to cease unsafe practices — Appeal.If the department of business regulation has reason to believe that any person, firm, corporation, or association is conducting any activities requiring licensure under this chapter without obtaining a license, or who after the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license conducts any activities requiring licensure under this chapter, the department may issue its order to that person, firm, corporation, or association commanding them to appear before the department at a hearing to be held not sooner than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after issuance of that order to show cause why the department should not issue an order to that person to cease and desist from the violation of the provisions of this chapter. The order to show cause may be served on any person, firm, corporation, or association named in the order in the same manner that a summons in a civil action may be served, or by mailing a copy of the order, certified mail, return receipt requested, to that person at any address at which he or she has done business or at which he or she lives. If upon that hearing the department is satisfied that the person is in fact violating any provision of this chapter, then the department may order that person, in writing, to cease and desist from that violation. All hearings shall be governed in accordance with the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42. If that person fails to comply with an order of the department after being afforded a hearing, the superior court in the county where the land or real estate is located has jurisdiction upon complaint of the department to restrain and enjoin that person from violating this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 183, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.6 - Relationships in Residential Real Estate Transactions|Section 5-20.6-1 - Legislative purpose.

§ 5-20.6-1. Legislative purpose.(a) The way that consumers buy, sell, rent, exchange, and otherwise transfer real estate has changed over the years. The purpose of this legislation is to provide consumers with choice.(b) This chapter is intended to abrogate the common law of agency relative to relationships in regulated real estate transactions to the extent that they are inconsistent with this chapter.(c) Unless otherwise specified by written agreement, a licensee owes only those duties and obligations set forth under this chapter, chapter 20.5 of this title, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. A licensee does not owe a fiduciary duty under the common law of agency to his or her clients and is not subject to equitable remedies for breach of fiduciary duty.(d) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a principal broker and his or her affiliated licensees from entering into a written representation contract with a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord that creates a relationship in which the duties and obligations are greater than those provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 425, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 403, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.6 - Relationships in Residential Real Estate Transactions|Section 5-20.6-3 - Relationships - Creation and presumption.

§ 5-20.6-3. Relationships — Creation and presumption.(a) It shall be presumed that all licensees in a real estate transaction are transaction facilitators unless the licensee obtains the informed, written consent of a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord with an executed mandatory relationship disclosure to represent that person as a designated client representative.(b) The provisions of this chapter are expressly intended to abrogate the common law of agency; no type of agency representation shall be assumed by a brokerage, principal broker, licensee, buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord nor shall agency representation be created by implication.(c) Types of relationships. The following types of relationships are recognized:(1) Assistance as a transaction facilitator to assist one or more customers; and(2) Representation of a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord as a designated client representative.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 425, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 403, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 27, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 38, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-20.6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.6 - Relationships in Residential Real Estate Transactions|Section 5-20.6-4 - Duties owed by a transaction facilitator to a customer.

§ 5-20.6-4. Duties owed by a transaction facilitator to a customer.(a) A transaction facilitator owes the following duties to a customer:(1) To perform agreed-upon ministerial acts timely and competently;(2) To perform these acts with honesty, good faith, reasonable skill, and care;(3) To properly account for money or property placed in the care and responsibility of the principal broker; and(4) To protect confidential information when assisting customers as a dual facilitator.(b) A licensee acting as a transaction facilitator does not owe any fiduciary duties to a customer except those duties specified in subsection (a).History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 141 § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 425, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 397, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 403, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 27, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 38, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 2.