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Ohio Rev Code § 4735.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.29 | Renewals.

Effective: September 11, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 82 - 116th General Assembly|The license of every foreign real estate dealer and salesman shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year, and may be renewed upon the filing with the superintendent of real estate of an application for renewal, and the payment of the fee prescribed in section 4735.15 of the Revised Code, not less than fifteen or more than sixty days before the expiration of the old license. The superintendent may accept an application for renewal less than fifteen days before the expiration of any calendar year. He shall give notice, without unreasonable delay, of his action on any application for renewal of a foreign real estate dealer's or salesman's license.A foreign real estate dealer's license may be issued at any time for the remainder of the calendar year. In such event, the annual fee prescribed in section 4735.15 of the Revised Code shall not be reduced.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.30 | False Representations of Material or Relevant Facts.

Effective: September 11, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 82 - 116th General Assembly|No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false representation concerning a material and relevant fact, in any oral statement or in any description, application, or written statement, for the purpose of securing the qualification of any foreign real estate under section 4735.25 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.32 | Investigations.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A)(1) The Ohio real estate commission or the superintendent of real estate may commence, at any time within three years from the date on which an alleged violation of a provision of this or another chapter of the Revised Code occurred, any investigation that relates to the conduct of a licensed real estate broker, real estate salesperson, foreign real estate dealer, or foreign real estate salesperson, that is authorized pursuant to section 1349.11, 4735.051, 4735.052, or 4735.18, or any other section of the Revised Code, and that is for purposes of determining whether a licensee, unlicensed person, or unlicensed entity has violated a provision of this or another chapter of the Revised Code and whether, as a consequence, a licensee's license should be suspended or revoked, or other disciplinary action taken, as provided in this or another chapter of the Revised Code. If such an investigation is not commenced within the three-year period, it shall be barred, and neither the commission nor the superintendent shall suspend or revoke the license of any licensee, or take other disciplinary action against any licensee, unlicensed person, or unlicensed entity because of the alleged violation of a provision of this or another chapter of the Revised Code that could have been the subject of the barred investigation. (2) For purposes of division (A)(1) of this section, if an investigation that is authorized by section 4735.051 of the Revised Code is involved, it shall be considered to be commenced as of the date on which a person files the complaint with the division of real estate.(B) This section does not affect any criminal or civil liability that a licensed real estate broker, real estate salesperson, foreign real estate dealer, or foreign real estate salesperson, or any unlicensed person, may have under this or another chapter of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.33 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Effective: March 22, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly|On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of real estate shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.51 | Agency Relationship - Disclosure Definitions.

Effective: April 6, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 532 - 131st General Assembly|As used in sections 4735.51 to 4735.74 of the Revised Code:(A) "Agency" and "agency relationship" mean a relationship in which a licensee represents another person in a real estate transaction.(B) "Agency agreement" means a contract between a licensee and a client in which the client promises to pay the broker a valuable consideration, or agrees that the licensee may receive a valuable consideration from another, for performing an act that requires a real estate license under this chapter.(C) "Agent" and "real estate agent" mean a person licensed by this chapter to represent another in a real estate transaction.(D) "Affiliated licensee" means a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson licensed by this chapter who is affiliated with a brokerage.(E) "Client" means a person who has entered into an agency relationship with a licensee.(F) "Confidential information" means all information that a client directs to be kept confidential or that if disclosed would have an adverse effect on the client's position in the real estate transaction, except to the extent the agent is required by law to disclose such information, and all information that is required by law to be kept confidential.(G) "Contemporaneous offers" means offers to purchase or lease on behalf of two or more clients represented by the same licensee for the same property that the licensee knows, has known, or has reason to know will be taken under consideration by the owner or owner's authorized representative during the same period of time.(H) "Dual agency relationship" means any of the dual agency relationships set forth in section 4735.70 of the Revised Code.(I) "In-company transaction" means a real estate transaction in which the purchaser and seller are both represented by the same brokerage.(J) "Purchaser" means a party in a real estate transaction who is the potential transferee of property. "Purchaser" includes a person seeking to buy property and a person seeking to rent property as a tenant or lessee.(K) "Real estate transaction" means any act that is described in division (A) of section 4735.01 of the Revised Code or that is related to the execution of an act described in that section.(L) "Subagency" and "subagency relationship" mean an agency relationship in which a licensee acts for another licensee in performing duties for the client of that licensee.(M) "Timely" means as soon as possible under the particular circumstances.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.52 | Scope of Chapter.

Effective: December 13, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 354 - 121st General Assembly|The types of agency relationships permitted in a real estate transaction are determined by the provisions of this Chapter. Except to the extent the duties of a real estate agent are specifically set forth in this chapter, or are otherwise modified by agreement, the duties of a real estate agent are determined by the common law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.53 | Agency Relationships Permitted.

Effective: January 1, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 106 - 125th General Assembly|(A) The types of agency relationships a licensee may establish in a real estate transaction are limited to the following:(1) An agency relationship between the licensee and the seller;(2) An agency relationship between the licensee and the purchaser;(3) A dual agency relationship between the licensee and both the seller and the purchaser;(4) A subagency relationship between the licensee and the client of another licensee.(B) When an agency relationship is formed between a licensee and a client, all of the following also are considered the agent of that client:(1) The brokerage with whom the licensee is affiliated and, except as provided in division (C) of section 4735.70 of the Revised Code, the management level licensees in that brokerage who have direct supervisory duties over licensees;(2) Any licensee employed by, or affiliated with, the brokerage who receives confidential information from the agent of the client;(3) Any other licensee in the brokerage who assisted in establishing the agency relationship;(4) Any licensee in the brokerage who specifically is appointed with the client's consent to represent that client.(C) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section, another licensee who is affiliated with the same brokerage as the licensee is not an agent of that client.(D) A payment or the promise of a payment to a licensee does not determine whether an agency relationship has been created between a licensee and a client or between other licensees in the brokerage with which the licensee is affiliated and that client.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.54 | Written Company Policy for Types of Agency Relationships for Brokerage.

Effective: December 13, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 354 - 121st General Assembly|Each brokerage shall develop and maintain a written company policy that sets forth the types of agency relationships that members of that brokerage may establish. The policy shall include provisions on whether any dual agency relationships set forth in section 4735.70 of the Revised Code are permitted. The policy shall also set forth procedures to ensure the protection of confidential information, and to ensure that the confidentiality provision extends to affiliated licensees of the brokerage. The policy developed and maintained under this section shall comply with the minimum standards established by rule by the superintendent of real estate with the approval of the Ohio real estate commission. The development and maintenance of a policy under this section shall not relieve a brokerage from liability for the failure of the brokerage, any licensee of the brokerage, or any employee of the brokerage, to maintain the confidentiality of confidential information of a client. The brokerage shall provide a copy of its policy developed and maintained under this section to each client or prospective client upon request.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.55 | Written Agency Agreements.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Each written agency agreement shall contain all of the following: (1) An expiration date;(2) A statement that it is illegal, pursuant to the Ohio fair housing law, division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code, and the federal fair housing law, 42 U.S.C.A. 3601, as amended, to refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, or finance housing accommodations, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations, or otherwise deny or make unavailable housing accommodations because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, ancestry, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or national origin or to so discriminate in advertising the sale or rental of housing, in the financing of housing, or in the provision of real estate brokerage services;(3) A statement defining the practice known as "blockbusting" and stating that it is illegal;(4) A copy of the United States department of housing and urban development equal housing opportunity logotype, as set forth in 24 C.F.R. 109.30, as amended.(B) Each written agency agreement shall contain a place for the licensee and the client to sign and date the agreement.(C) A licensee shall furnish a copy of any written agency agreement to a client in a timely manner after the licensee and the client have signed and dated it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.58 | When Disclosure Statements to Be Provided.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A)(1) A licensee who is a purchaser's agent or a seller's subagent working with a purchaser shall present the agency disclosure statement described in section 4735.57 of the Revised Code to the purchaser and request the purchaser to sign and date the statement no later than the preparation of an offer to purchase or lease, or a written request for a proposal to lease. The licensee shall deliver the statement signed by the purchaser to the seller's agent, or to the seller if the seller is not represented by an agent. Prior to presenting the seller with either a written offer to purchase or lease, or a written request for a proposal to lease, the seller's agent, or the purchaser's agent if the seller is not represented by an agent, shall present the agency disclosure statement to the seller and request the seller to sign and date the statement. (2) A licensee shall indicate the accurate agency relationship on the agency disclosure statement.(B) A licensee selling property at auction shall, prior to the auction, verbally disclose to the audience that the licensee represents the seller in the real estate transaction. The licensee shall provide the agency disclosure statement described in section 4735.57 of the Revised Code to the successful bidder prior to the bidder's signing a purchase contract.(C) Evidence that a licensee has failed to comply with this section constitutes prima-facie evidence of misconduct in violation of division (A)(6) of section 4735.18 of the Revised Code.(D) The disclosure requirements of this section do not apply in any of the following situations:(1) The rental or leasing of residential premises as defined in section 5321.01 of the Revised Code, if the rental or lease agreement can be performed in eighteen months or less;(2) The referral of a prospective purchaser or seller to another licensee;(3) Transactions involving the sale, lease, or exchange of foreign real estate as defined in division (E) of section 4735.01 of the Revised Code;(4) Transactions involving the sale of a cemetery lot or a cemetery interment right.(E) The licensee is obligated to perform all duties imposed on a real estate agent at common law except to the extent the duties are inconsistent with the duties prescribed in this chapter or are otherwise modified by agreement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.59 | Changing the Party a Licensee Represents.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|To change the party a licensee represents in a real estate transaction after an agency disclosure statement has been signed and dated or following verbal disclosure of the agency relationship, the licensee shall obtain written consent from the party originally represented to represent another party in the transaction. The licensee shall promptly notify all persons who had been notified of the original relationship. The Ohio real estate commission may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for required disclosures when a licensee terminates an agency relationship and becomes a principal in the transaction.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.60 | Licensee Representing Purchaser Disclosures.

Effective: December 13, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 354 - 121st General Assembly|A licensee representing a purchaser shall do the following:(A) Disclose to the licensee representing the seller, or if the seller is not represented, disclose to the seller, that the licensee represents the purchaser in the transaction. This disclosure shall take place during the first contact the licensee has with any employee or licensee of the brokerage with which the seller's agent is affiliated, or if the seller is not represented by a licensee, during the first contact with the seller.(B) If the seller is not represented by a licensee, verbally disclose during the first contact with the seller, any intention of seeking compensation from the seller.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.61 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.61 | Prohibiting False Information.

Effective: December 13, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 354 - 121st General Assembly|No licensee shall knowingly give false information to any party in a real estate transaction.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.62 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.62 | Fiduciary Duties Generally.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|In representing any client in an agency or subagency relationship, the licensee shall be a fiduciary of the client and shall use the licensee's best efforts to further the interest of the client including, but not limited to, doing all of the following: (A) Exercising reasonable skill and care in representing the client and carrying out the responsibilities of the agency relationship;(B) Performing the terms of any written agency agreement;(C) Following any lawful instructions of the client;(D) Performing all duties specified in this chapter in a manner that is loyal to the interest of the client;(E) Complying with all requirements of this chapter and other applicable statutes, rules, and regulations, including the Ohio fair housing law, division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code, and the federal fair housing law, 42 U.S.C.A. 3601, as amended;(F) Disclosing to the client any material facts of the transaction of which the licensee is aware or should be aware in the exercise of reasonable skill and care and that are not confidential information pursuant to a current or prior agency or dual agency relationship;(G) Advising the client to obtain expert advice related to material matters when necessary or appropriate;(H) Accounting in a timely manner for all moneys and property received in which the client has or may have an interest;(I) Keeping confidential all confidential information, unless the licensee is permitted to disclose the information pursuant to division (B) of section 4735.74 of the Revised Code. This requirement includes not disclosing confidential information to any licensee who is not an agent of the client.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.621 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.621 | Waiver of Fiduciary Duties.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 150 - 126th General Assembly|(A) The duties required of a licensee under section 4735.62 of the Revised Code may not be waived by a client.(B) A licensee shall perform the duties required under section 4735.63 or 4735.65 of the Revised Code unless the client agrees to waive these duties, and signs a waiver of duties statement pursuant to division (C) of this section.(C) The superintendent of real estate, with the approval of the Ohio real estate commission, shall establish by rule a waiver of duties statement that shall contain the following:(1) The fiduciary duties required of all licensees under section 4735.62 of the Revised Code;(2) A list of those duties contained in section 4735.63 or 4735.65 of the Revised Code, which shall be set forth in a manner that allows for the parties to indicate which of those duties are being waived;(3) A statement that no other licensee is required to perform the waived duty on behalf of the client;(4) A statement that legal counsel or other professionals may be hired by the client;(5) A place for the client and licensee to sign and date the statement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.63 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.63 | Representing Seller in Agency Relationship - Duty to Promote Interests of Client.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 150 - 126th General Assembly|(A) In representing a seller in an agency relationship, a licensee shall:(1) Seek a purchase offer at a price and with terms acceptable to the seller. Unless the seller so directs, the licensee is not obligated to seek additional offers if the property is subject to a contract of sale, lease, or letter of intent to lease;(2) Accept delivery of and present any purchase offer to the seller in a timely manner, even if the property is subject to a contract of sale, lease, or letter of intent to lease;(3) Within the scope of knowledge required for licensure, answer the seller's questions and provide information to the seller regarding any offers or counteroffers;(4) Assist the seller in developing, communicating, and presenting offers or counteroffers;(5) Within the scope of knowledge required for licensure, answer the seller's questions regarding the steps the seller must take to fulfill the terms of any contract.(B) A licensee does not breach any duty or obligation to a seller with whom the licensee has an agency relationship by showing alternative properties to a prospective purchaser or by acting as an agent or subagent for other sellers.(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting a licensee to perform any act or service that constitutes the practice of law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4735.64 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers|Section 4735.64 | Representing Seller in Agency Relationship - Prohibited Acts.

Effective: December 13, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 354 - 121st General Assembly|In representing a seller in an agency relationship, no licensee shall do either of the following without the knowledge and consent of the seller:(A) Extend an offer of subagency to other licensees;(B) Offer compensation to a broker who represents a purchaser.