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ID Code § 54-2051 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2051 - OFFERS TO PURCHASE.

54-2051. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. (1) A broker or sales associate shall, as promptly as practicable, tender to the seller every written offer to purchase obtained on the real estate involved, up until time of closing. A purchase and sale agreement signed by the prospective buyer shall be deemed in all respects an offer to purchase. (2) Immediately upon receiving any offer to purchase signed and dated by the buyer and any consideration, a broker or salesperson shall provide a copy of the offer to purchase to the buyer as a receipt. (3) Upon obtaining any document signed by a buyer or seller, a sales associate shall provide a true and legible copy of such document to the designated broker or broker’s office prior to the end of the next business day. If the document is a fully executed purchase and sale agreement, counter offer, or addendum, such sales associate shall also provide a true and legible copy of such document to both the buyer and the seller. (4) The broker or sales associate shall make certain that all offers to purchase real property or any interest therein are in writing and contain all of the following specific terms, provisions and statements: (a) All terms and conditions of the real estate transaction as directed by the buyer or seller; (b) The actual form and amount of the consideration received as earnest money; (c) The name of the responsible broker in the transaction, as defined in section 54-2048, Idaho Code; (d) The "representation confirmation" statement required in section 54-2085(4), Idaho Code, and, only if applicable to the transaction, the "consent to limited dual representation" as required in section 54-2088, Idaho Code; (e) A provision for division of earnest money retained by any person as forfeited payment should the transaction not close; (f) All appropriate signatures and the dates of such signatures; and (g) A legal description of the property. (5) All changes made to any offer to purchase or other real estate purchase agreement shall be initialed and dated by the parties to the transaction.  History: [54-2051, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 940; am. 2007, ch. 98, sec. 11, p. 300; am. 2015, ch. 51, sec. 10, p. 122; am. 2020, ch. 88, sec. 2, p. 239.]
ID Code § 54-2052 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2052 - ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED AGREEMENTS.

54-2052. ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED AGREEMENTS. To the extent the parties to the transaction have agreed in writing offers to purchase, counteroffers and acceptances may be electronically generated or transmitted, faxed or delivered in another method shall be deemed true and correct and enforceable as originals.  History: [54-2052, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 941; am. 2001, ch. 123, sec. 20, p. 439.]
ID Code § 54-2053 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2053 - ADVERTISING.

54-2053. ADVERTISING. (1) Only licensees who are actively licensed in Idaho may be named by an Idaho broker in any type of advertising of Idaho real property, may advertise Idaho property in Idaho or may have a sign placed on Idaho property. (2) All advertising of listed property shall clearly and conspicuously contain the broker’s licensed business name. A new business name shall not be used or shown in advertising unless and until a proper notice of change in the business name has been approved by the commission. (3) All advertising by licensed branch offices shall clearly and conspicuously contain the broker’s licensed business name. (4) No advertising shall provide any information to the public or to prospective customers or clients that is misleading in nature. Information is misleading if, when taken as a whole, there is a distinct probability that such information will deceive the persons whom it is intended to influence.  History: [54-2053, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 941; am. 2017, ch. 125, sec. 1, p. 295.]
ID Code § 54-2055 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2055 - LICENSEES DEALING WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY.

54-2055. LICENSEES DEALING WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY. (1) Any actively licensed Idaho broker, sales associate, or legal business entity shall comply with this entire chapter when that licensee is buying, selling or otherwise acquiring or disposing of the licensee’s own interest in real property in a regulated real estate transaction. (2) A licensee shall disclose in writing to any buyer or seller no later than at the time of presentation of the purchase and sale agreement that the licensee holds an active Idaho real estate license, if the licensee directly, indirectly, or through a third party, sells or purchases an interest in real property for personal use or any other purpose; or acquires or intends to acquire any interest in real property or any option to purchase real property. (3) Each actively licensed person buying or selling real property or any interest therein, in a regulated real estate transaction, must conduct the transaction through the broker with whom he is licensed, whether or not the property is listed.  History: [54-2055, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 943; am. 2003, ch. 65, sec. 7, p. 220; am. 2010, ch. 217, sec. 4, p. 490.]
ID Code § 54-2056 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2056 - TERMINATING OR CHANGING LICENSED BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.

54-2056. TERMINATING OR CHANGING LICENSED BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS. (1) Termination of licensed association. A sales associate who terminates his licensed association with a broker shall provide the broker written notice of the termination no later than three (3) business days after the effective date. A broker who terminates the licensed association of a sales associate shall provide the associate written notice of the termination no later than three (3) business days after the effective date. A licensee’s written notice to the commission does not relieve him of the duty to provide written notice to the other licensee that he is terminating the licensed association. (2) New association. The broker shall submit a written application, in the form and manner approved by the commission, for each sales associate licensing with the broker. (3) Termination for cause. Any broker who terminates the association of a sales associate for the violation of any of the provisions of sections 54-2059 through 54-2065, Idaho Code, shall, within ten (10) business days of the termination, notify the commission, in writing, of the termination and the facts giving rise to the termination. (4) Closing a branch office. Immediately upon closing a branch office, the broker shall provide the commission written notice of the closure advising of the new status of all licensees licensed with the closed branch. The broker shall remove from public view any license certificates for the branch office. (5) Property of the broker. Upon termination of the business relationship as a sales associate licensed under a broker, the sales associate shall immediately turn over to the broker all listing information and listing contracts, keys, purchase and sale agreements and similar contracts, buyer brokerage information and contracts, and other property belonging to the broker. A sales associate shall not engage in any practice or conduct, directly or indirectly, which encourages, entices or induces clients of the broker to terminate any legal business relationship with the broker unless he first obtains written permission of the broker. (6) Location of trust accounts and file records. When an actively licensed broker changes to a license status other than that of a designated broker, that individual must notify the commission in writing of the location of all trust accounts and transaction file records which the broker was responsible for during the term of licensure as a designated broker. These records shall be available to the commission for three (3) years following the year in which each transaction was closed.    History: [54-2056, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 943; am. 2001, ch. 123, sec. 21, p. 439; am. 2002, ch. 220, sec. 11, p. 620; am. 2005, ch. 107, sec. 15, p. 354; am. 2007, ch. 98, sec. 12, p. 301; am. 2015, ch. 51, sec. 11, p. 123.]
ID Code § 54-2057 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2057 - DEATH OR INCAPACITY OF A DESIGNATED BROKER.

54-2057. DEATH OR INCAPACITY OF A DESIGNATED BROKER. (1) Legal business entities. Upon the death or incapacity of a designated broker for a legal business entity licensed as a real estate brokerage company in Idaho, the licensed entity shall appoint and designate a qualified individual as designated broker in the manner and within the time required in section 54-2039, Idaho Code, or shall cease to be licensed. (2) Sole proprietorships. Upon the death or incapacity of a sole proprietor broker, the commission may issue a limited authorization for an executor, administrator, conservator, personal representative, court-appointed guardian, or some other person or agency to close out the pending transactions on behalf of the deceased or incapacitated broker, and only in accordance with the provisions of this section. The person given temporary authority shall close out the affairs of the deceased or incapacitated sole proprietor broker by taking the following actions: (a) Termination of listings and buyer brokerage agreements. Termination of all listings and buyer brokerage agreements in which there are not outstanding offers or earnest money receipts. (b) Completion of negotiations. Completion of all negotiations between buyers and sellers on transactions in which an offer to purchase has been written or received. (c) Accounting for moneys. Depositing and withdrawing moneys from the real estate trust account in connection with completion of all transactions still pending at the time of death of a sole proprietor broker. (d) Commissions. Prompt payment of all real estate commissions owing after closing of all transactions, both to the decedent broker’s duly appointed personal representative and to sales associates of the deceased broker or participating brokers entitled to commissions resulting from the transactions.  History: [54-2057, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 944.]
ID Code § 54-2059 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2059 - DISCIPLINARY POWERS — REVOCATION, SUSPENSION OR OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

54-2059. DISCIPLINARY POWERS — REVOCATION, SUSPENSION OR OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (1) The commission may temporarily suspend or permanently revoke licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter, issue a formal reprimand and impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) against any licensee who is found to have violated any section of the Idaho Code, the commission’s administrative rules or any order of the commission. The executive director may issue informal letters of reprimand to licensees without civil penalty or cost assessment. (2) The commission may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) against any person who is found, through a court or administrative proceeding, to have acted without a license in violation of section 54-2002, Idaho Code. The civil penalty provisions of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of any other actions or criminal penalties for acting as a broker or salesperson without a license which might be imposed by other sections of this chapter or Idaho law. (3) The commission may also accept, on such conditions as it may prescribe, or reject any offer to voluntarily terminate the license of a person whose activity is under investigation or against whom a formal complaint has been filed. (4) The assessment of fees and costs incurred in the investigation and prosecution or defense of a licensee or other person under this section shall be governed by the provisions of section 12-117(5), Idaho Code. (5) If the commission suspends or revokes a license, or imposes a civil penalty, or assesses costs and attorney’s fees, the commission may withhold execution of the suspension, revocation or civil penalty, or costs and attorney’s fees on such terms and for such time as it may prescribe. (6) If any amounts assessed against a defendant by final order of the commission become otherwise uncollectible or payment is in default, and only if all the defendant’s rights to appeal have passed, the commission may then proceed to district court and seek to enforce collection through judgment and execution. (7) All civil penalties, costs, and attorney’s fees collected by the commission under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund. Any amounts of civil penalties so collected, deposited and credited shall be expended for exclusive use in developing and delivering Idaho real estate education.  History: [54-2059, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 945; am. 2004, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 409; am. 2014, ch. 42, sec. 7, p. 105; am. 2018, ch. 348, sec. 12, p. 810; am. 2021, ch. 224, sec. 51, p. 677.]
ID Code § 54-2060 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2060 - GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

54-2060. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. A person found guilty of misconduct while performing or attempting to perform any act requiring an Idaho real estate broker or salesperson’s license, regardless of whether the act was for the person’s own account or in his capacity as broker or salesperson, shall be subject to disciplinary action by the commission. The following acts shall constitute misconduct within the meaning of this section: (1) Making fraudulent misrepresentations; (2) Engaging in a continued or flagrant course of misrepresentation or making of false promises, whether done personally or through agents or salespersons; (3) Failure to account for or remit any property, real or personal, or moneys coming into the person’s possession which belong to another; (4) Failure to keep adequate records of all property transactions in which the person acts in the capacity of real estate broker or salesperson; (5) Failure or refusal, upon lawful demand, to disclose any information within the person’s knowledge, or to produce any documents, books or records in the person’s possession for inspection by the commission or its authorized representative; (6) Acting as a real estate broker or salesperson under an assumed name; (7) Employment of fraud, deception, misrepresentation, misstatement or any unlawful means in applying for or securing a license to act as a real estate broker or salesperson in the state of Idaho; (8) Using, proposing to use, or agreeing to use a "double contract" as prohibited in section 54-2054(5), Idaho Code; (9) Seeking or receiving a "kickback" or rebate prohibited in section 54-2054(6), Idaho Code; (10) Violation of any provision of sections 54-2001 through 54-2097, Idaho Code, or any administrative rule made or promulgated by the commission or any final order of the commission; (11) Any other conduct whether of the same or a different character than hereinabove specified which constitutes dishonest or dishonorable dealings; (12) Gross negligence or reckless conduct in a regulated real estate transaction. Conduct is grossly negligent or reckless if, when taken as a whole, it is conduct which substantially fails to meet the generally accepted standard of care in the practice of real estate in Idaho.  History: [54-2060, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 946.]
ID Code § 54-2061 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2061 - ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION — COURT ACTIONS — LICENSEE TO REPORT TO COMMISSION.

54-2061. ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION — COURT ACTIONS — LICENSEE TO REPORT TO COMMISSION. (1) The commission may also take disciplinary action against a licensee including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of a license, where, in a court of competent jurisdiction, the licensee: (a) Has been convicted of a felony, or has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving fraud, misrepresentation, or dishonest or dishonorable dealing or which otherwise demonstrates the licensee’s lack of trustworthiness to engage in the real estate business; (b) Has been declared to lack capacity or to be incompetent or under an infirmity, for the duration of such declaration only; (c) Has a judgment entered against the licensee in a civil action upon grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, deceit or gross negligence with reference to a real estate-related transaction. (2) The court’s record of conviction, order determining legal competency, or the order entering judgment in a civil case, or certified copies thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of a conviction, or the court’s action. (3) A licensee who is convicted, declared legally incompetent, or who has a judgment entered against him in a civil action as described in subsection (1) of this section, shall, within twenty (20) days of such conviction, declaration or judgment, forward to the commission a copy of the legal document evidencing the same.  History: [54-2061, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 947; am. 2001, ch. 123, sec. 23, p. 441.]
ID Code § 54-2062 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2062 - ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION — OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS — LICENSEE TO REPORT TO COMMISSION.

54-2062. ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION — OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS — LICENSEE TO REPORT TO COMMISSION. (1) The commission may also take any disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of a license where the licensee: (a) Has an order or determination of debarment, suspension, or any limitation on participation in government loan programs issued against the licensee for misconduct; or (b) Has a real estate or other professional license suspended or revoked for a disciplinary violation involving fraud, misrepresentation, or dishonest or dishonorable dealings. A certified copy of the order of the administrative agency in the other jurisdiction shall be prima facie evidence of the suspension or revocation. (2) A licensee against whom a final administrative action has been taken, as described in subsection (1) of this section, shall, within twenty (20) days of such action, forward to the commission a copy of the legal document evidencing the same.  History: [54-2062, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 947; am. 2001, ch. 123, sec. 24, p. 441; am. 2005, ch. 107, sec. 16, p. 355.]
ID Code § 54-2063 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2063 - DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE AND REVIEW OF AGENCY ACTION.

54-2063. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE AND REVIEW OF AGENCY ACTION. All disciplinary actions under this chapter and all rights of review or appeal are governed by chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, and the rules of practice and procedure of the Idaho real estate commission.  History: [54-2063, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 947.]
ID Code § 54-2064 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2064 - PROOF OF COMPLAINT — PROSECUTION BY COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

54-2064. PROOF OF COMPLAINT — PROSECUTION BY COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. The commission may prefer a complaint for violation of any section of this chapter before any court of competent jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of each county in the state to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this chapter in their respective counties in which the violations occur.  History: [54-2064, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 948.]
ID Code § 54-2065 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2065 - PENALTY FOR ACTING AS A BROKER OR SALESPERSON WITHOUT LICENSE.

54-2065. PENALTY FOR ACTING AS A BROKER OR SALESPERSON WITHOUT LICENSE. Any person acting as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson within the meaning of this chapter without a license as herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, if a natural person, be punished by a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court; or if a limited liability company or corporation, by a fine of not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Additionally, the court may assess a civil penalty against a natural person in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) and against a limited liability company or corporation in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). All civil penalties shall be credited to the occupational licenses fund.  History: [54-2065, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 948; am. 2021, ch. 224, sec. 52, p. 677.]
ID Code § 54-2066 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2066 - INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

54-2066. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The commission is hereby authorized to institute injunction proceedings in the district court of competent jurisdiction, pursuant to the Idaho rules of civil procedure, for cause shown, to restrain any person or persons from violating any provision of this chapter regardless of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.  History: [54-2066, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 948.]
ID Code § 54-2067 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2067 - CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.

54-2067. CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS. The commission is authorized to order that any person violating any provision of this chapter cease and desist such activity immediately. Violation of the cease and desist order shall be a violation of this chapter and shall subject the person to any and all remedies available to the commission in this or other chapters of the Idaho Code.  History: [54-2067, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 948.]
ID Code § 54-2068 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES|Chapter 20 - IDAHO REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW|Section 54-2068 - WITNESSES — DEPOSITIONS — FEES — SUBPOENAS.

54-2068. WITNESSES — DEPOSITIONS — FEES — SUBPOENAS. (1) The commission, or any member thereof, the executive director of the commission, or such other person so designated by the commission by rule, shall have power to administer oaths, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas for attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, take the testimony of any person by deposition in the manner prescribed for in the rules of procedure of the district court of this state, in civil cases, in any investigation or hearing in any part of the state. (2) Each witness who appears pursuant to a subpoena shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage allowed to a witness in civil cases in the district court. Witness fees shall be paid by the party at whose request the witness is subpoenaed. (3) If a witness, who has not been required to attend at the request of any party, is subpoenaed by the commission or executive director, his fees and mileage shall be paid from funds appropriated for the use of the commission in the same manner as other expenses of the commission are paid.  History: [54-2068, added 2000, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 948.]