NY Real Prop L § 441-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 441-A - License and Pocket Card.

§  441-a.  License  and  pocket  card.  1. The department of state, if   satisfied of the competency and trustworthiness of the applicant,  shall   issue  and  deliver  to  him  a  license  in such form and manner as the   department shall prescribe, but  which  must  set  forth  the  name  and   principal  business  address of the licensee, and, in the case of a real   estate salesman, the name and business address of the broker  with  whom   the salesman is associated.2.  Terms.  A  license issued or reissued under the provisions of this   article shall entitle  the  person,  co-partnership,  limited  liability   company  or  corporation  to  act  as  a  real estate broker, or, if the   application is for a real estate salesman's license, to act  as  a  real   estate  salesman in this state up to and including the date in which the   license by its terms expires.3. Place of business; business  sign  required.  Except  as  otherwise   provided  in  this  article, each licensed real estate broker shall have   and maintain a definite place of business within this state,  and  shall   conspicuously  post  on the outside of the building in which said office   is conducted a sign of  a  sufficient  size  to  be  readable  from  the   sidewalk  indicating  the  name  and  the business of the applicant as a   licensed real estate broker, unless said office shall be located  in  an   office,  apartment  or  hotel  building, in which event the name and the   words "licensed real  estate  broker"  shall  be  posted  in  the  space   provided  for  posting of names of occupants of the building, other than   the mail box. Where the applicant for a  real  estate  broker's  license   maintains  more  than  one place of business, the broker shall apply for   and the department shall issue a supplemental license  for  each  branch   office  so  maintained  upon payment to the department of state for each   supplemental license so issued the same fee prescribed in  this  article   for  a  license  to act as a real estate broker. Each such branch office   shall be under the direct supervision of the broker to whom the  license   is issued, or a representative broker of a corporation or partnership or   manager  of  a limited liability company holding such license, or a duly   appointed office manager. Such fee shall accompany such application  and   shall be non-refundable. For purposes of this subdivision, the principal   residence  of  a  real  estate  broker or salesman shall not be deemed a   place of business solely because such  broker  or  salesman  shall  have   included the residence telephone number in his business cards.4.  Display  of  license. The license of a real estate broker shall be   conspicuously displayed in his principal place of business at all times.   Licenses issued for branch  offices  shall  be  conspicuously  displayed   therein. The display of a real estate broker's license, the term whereof   has  expired,  by  any person, partnership, limited liability company or   corporation not duly licensed as a real estate broker  for  the  current   license term is prohibited.5.  Change  of  address.  Notice  in  writing  in  the manner and form   prescribed by the department  shall  be  given  the  department  at  its   offices in Albany by a licensed real estate broker on his own behalf and   on  behalf  of each salesman associated with him of any change in his or   its principal business address. The filing fee of ten dollars  for  each   licensee  named  therein  shall  accompany such notice. Such change by a   licensee without such notification shall operate to suspend his  license   until such suspension shall be vacated by the department.6.  Pocket card. The department shall prepare, issue and deliver, with   the assistance of the department of motor vehicles, to each  licensee  a   pocket  card  in such form and manner as the department shall prescribe,   but which shall contain the photo, name  and  business  address  of  the   licensee,  and,  in  the  case  of  a real estate salesman, the name and   business address of the broker with whom he or  she  is  associated  and    shall  certify  that the person whose name appears thereon is a licensed   real estate broker or salesman, as may be. Such cards must be  shown  on   demand.  In  the  case  of loss, destruction or damage, the secretary of   state  may,  upon  submission  of  satisfactory proof, issue a duplicate   pocket card upon payment of a fee of ten dollars.7. License term. From and after the date when this  subdivision  shall   take  effect,  the  term for which a license shall be issued or reissued   under this article shall be a period of two years.8. Death of broker. A license issued to a real estate broker who  was,   at  the time of his death, the sole proprietor of a brokerage office may   be used  after  the  death  of  such  licensee  by  his  duly  appointed   administrator  or  executor  in  the  name  of  the  estate  pursuant to   authorization granted by the  surrogate  under  the  provisions  of  the   surrogate's  court  procedure  act  for  a  period  of not more than one   hundred twenty days from the date of death of such licensee in order  to   complete   any   unfinished   realty  transactions  in  the  process  of   negotiation by the broker or his salesmen existing prior to his decease.   There shall be endorsed upon the face of the license, after the name  of   the  decedent,  the  words "deceased", the date of death and the name of   the administrator or executor under whose authority the license is being   used. The period of  one  hundred  twenty  days  may  be  extended  upon   application  to  the  secretary  of  state, for good cause shown, for an   additional period not to exceed  one  hundred  twenty  days.  A  license   expiring  during such period or extension shall be automatically renewed   and continued in effect during such period or extension. No fee shall be   charged for any such license or renewal thereof.9. Except for changes made on  a  renewal  application,  the  fee  for   changing an address on a license shall be ten dollars.10.  Except  for  changes  made  on a renewal application, the fee for   changing a name or for changing the status of  a  real  estate  broker's   license  shall  be  one  hundred  fifty  dollars. The fee for changing a   salesperson's name shall be fifty dollars.11. If a real estate salesperson shall leave the  service  of  a  real   estate  broker,  the  real  estate  broker  shall  file a termination of   association  notice  on  such  form  as  secretary  may  designate.  The   salesperson's  license  may  be endorsed to a new sponsoring broker upon   the establishment  of  a  new  record  of  association  filed  with  the   department of state. The fee for filing a record of association shall be   twenty dollars.12.  Whenever  any  person  licensed  as  a real estate broker or real   estate salesman is convicted in this state or elsewhere of a felony,  of   a  sex  offense,  as  defined  in subdivision two of section one hundred   sixty-eight-a of the correction law or any offense committed outside  of   this  state  which would constitute a sex offense, or a sexually violent   offense,  as  defined  in  subdivision  three  of  section  one  hundred   sixty-eight-a  of  the  correction  law or any offense committed outside   this state which would constitute a sexually violent offense, such  real   estate  broker  or  real  estate  salesman shall within five days of the   imposition of sentence, transmit a certified copy  of  the  judgment  of   conviction to the department of state.