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TN Code § 62-13-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-401. Creation of Agency Relationship

 A real estate licensee may provide real estate services to any party in a prospective transaction, with or without an agency relationship to one (1) or more parties to the transaction. Until such time as a licensee enters into a specific written agreement to establish an agency relationship with one (1) or more parties to a transaction, the licensee shall be considered a facilitator and shall not be considered an agent or advocate of any party to the transaction. An agency or subagency relationship shall not be assumed, implied or created without a written bilateral agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of the agency or subagency relationship. The negotiation and execution of either an exclusive agency listing agreement or an exclusive right to sell listing agreement with a prospective seller shall establish an agency relationship with the seller.
TN Code § 62-13-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-402. Limited Agency

  If a real estate licensee is engaged as an agent, the real estate licensee serves as a limited agent retained to provide real estate services to a client. The licensee shall function as an intermediary in negotiations between the parties to a transaction unless the parties negotiate directly.   A real estate licensee shall owe all parties to a transaction the duties enumerated in § 62-13-403. A licensee shall owe to the licensee's client the duties enumerated in § 62-13-404.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the duties enumerated in §§ 62-13-403 and 62-13-404 shall supersede any fiduciary or common law duties owed by a licensee to the licensee's client on January 1, 1996.
TN Code § 62-13-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-403. Duty Owed to All Parties

 A licensee who provides real estate services in a real estate transaction shall owe all parties to the transaction the following duties, except as provided otherwise by § 62-13-405, in addition to other duties specifically set forth in this chapter or the rules of the commission:   Diligently exercise reasonable skill and care in providing services to all parties to the transaction;   Disclose to each party to the transaction any adverse facts of which the licensee has actual notice or knowledge;   Maintain for each party to a transaction the confidentiality of any information obtained by a licensee prior to disclosure to all parties of a written agency or subagency agreement entered into by the licensee to represent either or both of the parties in a transaction. This duty of confidentiality extends to any information that the party would reasonably expect to be held in confidence, except for information that the party has authorized for disclosure, information required to be disclosed under this part and information otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to this chapter. This duty survives both the subsequent establishment of an agency relationship and the closing of the transaction;   Provide services to each party to the transaction with honesty and good faith;   Disclose to each party to the transaction timely and accurate information regarding market conditions that might affect the transaction only when the information is available through public records and when the information is requested by a party;   Timely account for trust fund deposits and all other property received from any party to the transaction; and    Not engage in self-dealing nor act on behalf of licensee's immediate family or on behalf of any other individual, organization or business entity in which the licensee has a personal interest without prior disclosure of the interest and the timely written consent of all parties to the transaction; and   Not recommend to any party to the transaction the use of services of another individual, organization or business entity in which the licensee has an interest or from whom the licensee may receive a referral fee or other compensation for the referral, other than referrals to other licensees to provide real estate services under this chapter, without timely disclosing to the party who receives the referral the licensee's interest in the referral or the fact that a referral fee may be received.
TN Code § 62-13-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-404. Duty Owed to Licensee's Client

 Any licensee who acts as an agent in a transaction regulated by this chapter owes to the licensee's client in that transaction the following duties, to:   Obey all lawful instructions of the client when the instructions are within the scope of the agency agreement between licensee and licensee's client;   Be loyal to the interests of the client. A licensee must place the interests of the client before all others in negotiation of a transaction and in other activities, except where the loyalty duty would violate licensee's duties to a customer under § 62-13-402 or a licensee's duties to another client in a dual agency; and    Unless the following duties are specifically and individually waived, in writing by a client, a licensee shall assist the client by:   Scheduling all property showings on behalf of the client;   Receiving all offers and counter offers and forwarding them promptly to the client;   Answering any questions that the client may have in negotiation of a successful purchase agreement within the scope of the licensee's expertise; and   Advising the client as to whatever forms, procedures and steps are needed after execution of the purchase agreement for a successful closing of the transaction;     Upon waiver of any of the duties in subdivision (3)(A), a consumer shall be advised in writing by the consumer's agent that the consumer may not expect or seek assistance from any other licensees in the transaction for the performance of the duties in subdivision (3)(A).
TN Code § 62-13-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-405. Written Disclosure

  If a licensee personally assists a prospective buyer or seller in the purchase or sale of a property and the buyer or seller is not represented by this or any other licensee, the licensee shall verbally disclose to the buyer or seller the licensee's facilitator, agent, subagent or designated agent status in the transaction before any real estate services are provided. Known adverse facts about a property must also be disclosed under the laws governing residential property disclosure, compiled in title 66, chapter 5, part 2, but licensees shall not be obligated to discover or disclose latent defects in a property or to advise on matters outside the scope of their real estate license.   The disclosure of agency status pursuant to subsection (a) must be confirmed in writing with an unrepresented buyer prior to the preparation of an offer to purchase. The disclosure of agency status must be confirmed in writing with an unrepresented seller prior to execution of a listing agreement or presentation of an offer to purchase, whichever comes first. Following delivery of the written disclosure, the licensee shall obtain a signed receipt for the disclosure from the party to whom it was provided. The signed receipt shall contain a statement acknowledging that the buyer or seller, as applicable, was informed that any complaints alleging a violation or violations of § 62-13-312 must be filed within the applicable statute of limitations for the violation set out in § 62-13-313(e). The acknowledgment shall also include the address and telephone number of the commission.   The disclosure of agency or facilitator status, as provided in subsection (a), shall not be construed as or be considered a substitute for a written agreement to establish an agency relationship between the broker and a party to a transaction as referenced in § 62-13-406.   Upon initial contact with any other licensee involved in the same prospective transaction, the licensee shall immediately disclose the licensee's role in the transaction, including any agency relationship, to this other licensee. If the licensee's role changes at any subsequent date, the licensee shall immediately notify any other licensees and any parties to the transaction relative to the change in status.   Real estate transactions involving the transfer or lease of commercial properties, the transfer of property by public auction, the transfer of residential properties of more than four (4) units or the lease or rental of residential properties shall not be subject to the disclosure requirements of §§ 62-13-403, 62-13-404 and this section.
TN Code § 62-13-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-406. Designated Broker — Managing Broker

  A licensee entering into a written agreement to represent any party in the buying, selling, exchanging, renting or leasing of real estate may be appointed as the designated and individual agent of this party by the licensee's managing broker, to the exclusion of all other licensees employed by or affiliated with the managing broker. A managing broker providing services under this chapter shall not be considered a dual agent if any individual licensee so appointed as designated agent in a transaction, by specific appointment or by written company policy, does not represent interests of any other party to the same transaction.   The use of a designated agency does not abolish or diminish the managing broker's contractual rights to any listing or advertising agreement between the firm and a property owner, nor does this section lessen the managing broker's responsibilities to ensure that all licensees affiliated with or employed by the broker conduct business in accordance with appropriate laws, rules and regulations.   There shall be no imputation of knowledge or information among or between clients, the managing broker and any designated agent or agents in a designated agency situation.
TN Code § 62-13-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-407. Liability

 A client or other party to whom a real estate licensee provides services as an agent, subagent or facilitator shall not be liable for damages for the misrepresentations of the licensee arising out of the licensee's services unless the client or party knew or had reason to know of the misrepresentation. This section shall not limit the liability of a licensee's managing broker for the misrepresentations of the managing broker's licensees.
TN Code § 62-13-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 4 - Representation by Real Estate Agents|§ 62-13-408. Application

 This part shall supersede common law to the extent common law is inconsistent with this part.
TN Code § 62-13-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 5 - Commercial Real Estate Brokers|§ 62-13-502. Enforcement of Fee or Commission Contract Against Subsequent Owners

 A broker who, pursuant to a contract in writing entered into after October 1, 1997, has earned and is owed a fee or commission with respect to a lease or upon the exercise of an option for renewal or expansion of the lease, whether payable over time or in a lump sum, from the owner of commercial real estate pursuant to such written contract for the broker's services in connection with a lease of commercial real estate, shall have a cause of action to enforce the contract with respect to the fee or commission against a subsequent owner, even though the subsequent owner is not a party to the contract, if and only if the subsequent owner has notice of the contract as provided in this part with respect to the fee before obtaining title to the commercial real estate. There shall be no prohibition against a broker giving the notice as required by this part, and any such prohibition is void and unenforceable.
TN Code § 62-13-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 5 - Commercial Real Estate Brokers|§ 62-13-503. Obligation Subject to Original Contract — Limitation of Actions — Recording of Notice

  The obligation of a subsequent owner shall be subject to the terms, conditions and defenses available to the contracting parties. A subsequent owner shall be liable for the fees or commissions only to the extent that the subsequent owner receives rents pursuant to leases with respect to which the broker is entitled to receive a fee or commission under the written contract referenced in the notice provided for in § 62-13-501.   Nothing in this part shall be construed to change any agreement between an owner and a subsequent owner or to release an owner from any liability to a broker for the fees or commissions or to restrict or prevent a third-party claim by a subsequent owner against an owner or a previous subsequent owner for indemnification against a claim made by a broker against a subsequent owner based on a liability of the owner or a previous subsequent owner to the broker.   A broker may enforce an obligation under this section against a subsequent owner by filing suit in a court having appropriate jurisdiction within the latter of the following but in no event more than ten (10) years after the recording of the notice:  One (1) year after the transfer of ownership from the owner or a previous subsequent owner to a subsequent owner; or   One (1) year after the claim for a fee or commission accrues.     A notice containing only the information provided in § 62-13-501 may be recorded pursuant to this part in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the property is located, and the register of deeds shall accept the notice for recording. After the notice is recorded, the person who tendered it for recording shall promptly deliver a copy to the owner of the subject commercial real estate. Delivery may be by personal delivery, certified mail or any delivery service that provides proof of delivery.   Any notice that may be recorded pursuant to this part shall be deemed to be authenticated and eligible for recordation only if the notice conforms to the requirements of § 62-13-501. The register of deeds will index this recorded notice under the name of the owner identified in the notice and shall index the recorded notice in the reverse index under the name of the broker who is a party to the document.   Upon a written request by the owner or subsequent owner of the subject commercial real estate, made after all fee or commission rights, with respect to which a notice has been recorded under this part, have been paid in full or have otherwise been discharged, expired or otherwise are no longer enforceable under applicable law, the broker who recorded the notice or that broker's successor in interest shall record a release of that notice with the register of deeds for the county where that notice was recorded.   This part shall not be construed to create a lien on any commercial real estate to which this part applies.
TN Code § 62-13-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 5 - Commercial Real Estate Brokers|§ 62-13-504. Attorney Fees and Court Costs

 The prevailing party in any litigation seeking to enforce the cause of action granted in § 62-13-502 or in seeking to recover damages or other relief for the wrongful refusal or failure to release the notice as required by § 62-13-503(f) shall be entitled to recover attorney fees and court costs incurred by reason of the litigation from the nonprevailing party.
TN Code § 62-13-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 5 - Commercial Real Estate Brokers|§ 62-13-505. Immunity of Title Examiners, Title Insurers, Abstracters and Closing Agents

 No title examiner, title insurer, abstracter or closing agent shall have any responsibility or liability related to the contents of any document that is the subject of a notice recorded pursuant to this part so long as the title examiner, title insurer, abstractor or closing agent fulfills its obligations, if any, under existing law and its contract to disclose in its title report, abstract, commitment or policy the existence of the notice.
TN Code § 62-13-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 6 - Agency Contracts and Referral Fees|§ 62-13-601. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Agency contract” means a valid written contract authorizing a real estate licensee to act as a party's exclusive agent for the purchase, sale or lease of real estate;   “Agency relationship” means the relationship resulting from an agency contract; and   “Referral fee” means a commission or any other type of compensation for the referral of a potential buyer, seller, lessor or lessee of real estate.
TN Code § 62-13-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 6 - Agency Contracts and Referral Fees|§ 62-13-602. Reasonable Cause to Solicit Referral Fee

 Reasonable cause does not exist unless the party seeking the referral fee actually introduced the business to the real estate licensee from whom the referral fee is sought and at least one (1) of the following other conditions exists as between the party seeking the referral fee and the real estate licensee from whom the referral fee is sought:   Sub-agency relationship;   Contractual referral fee relationship; or   Contractual cooperative brokerage relationship.
TN Code § 62-13-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 6 - Agency Contracts and Referral Fees|§ 62-13-603. Unlawful Referral Solicitation — Unlawful Retribution for Existence of Agency Relationship

  It is unlawful for any person or entity to:  Solicit or request a referral fee from a real estate licensee without reasonable cause; or   Threaten to reduce or withhold employee relocation benefits or to take other action adverse to the interests of a client of a real estate licensee because of an agency relationship.     Reasonable cause allows a real estate licensee to solicit or request a referral fee but does not necessarily mean that the licensee has a legal right to be paid a referral fee.
TN Code § 62-13-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 6 - Agency Contracts and Referral Fees|§ 62-13-604. Unlawful Interference With Agency Relationship

 It is unlawful for a real estate licensee, a relocation firm or a firm with a corporate relocation policy or benefits, or anyone on behalf of any such licensee or firm, to counsel a client of another real estate licensee on how to terminate or amend an existing agency contract. Communicating corporate relocation policy or benefits to a transferring employee shall not be considered a violation of this part, as long as the communication does not involve advice or encouragement on how to terminate or amend an existing agency contract.
TN Code § 62-18-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 18 - Land Surveyors and Soil Scientists|Part 1 - Land Surveyors|§ 62-18-101. Registration Requirement

  In order to safeguard the life, health or property of the public, the practice of land surveying in this state is declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest.   It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice land surveying in the state or to use in connection with the person's name or otherwise assume or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a land surveyor, unless the person has been duly registered or exempted under this part.
TN Code § 62-18-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 18 - Land Surveyors and Soil Scientists|Part 1 - Land Surveyors|§ 62-18-102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the state board of examiners for land surveyors, provided for by this part;   “Land surveyor” means a person who is engaged in the practice of land surveying;   “Practice of land surveying” means any service of work, the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence to the act of measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds of bodies of water for the purpose of determining areas and volumes, for the monumenting of property boundaries and for the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions of land, including the topography, drainage, alignment and grades of streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, records, plats, field notes, records and property descriptions that represent these surveys; and   A person shall be construed to “practice or offer to practice” land surveying within the meaning and intent of this part, who:  Engages in land surveying;   By verbal claim, sign, letterhead, card or in any other way represents that the person is a land surveyor; or   Represents that the person is able to perform land surveying in this state.