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59 OK Stat § 59-738.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-738.2. Consent of Board issuing license - Laws governing - Duty of Attorney General.

|None of the Boards referred to in Section 1 of this act shall be permitted to institute an action to enjoin any person who holds a valid license regularly issued by any other of the above-named Boards without first obtaining the written consent of said other Board to file such injunction proceedings. The terms and provisions of the respective acts and laws creating and establishing the Boards above referred to are set forth in Title 59, Oklahoma Statutes 1951, as Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 14. Provided, that in the event any of the above-named Boards as to an injunction action, or the proper district attorney as to a criminal action, fails or refuses to file such an action to enforce the respective acts and laws applicable to any such Board within ninety (90) days after complaint of violation thereof is made thereto, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, if such a sworn complaint is made thereto, to file and prosecute an appropriate injunction or criminal action to enforce said act or law, that is, if he finds there is sufficient competent evidence to support such action. |Laws 1951, p. 166, § 2.
59 OK Stat § 59-738.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-738.3. Attorneys, employment of.

|Each of the Boards referred to in Section 1 of this act shall have the authority to employ attorneys to advise and assist such Boards in the performance of its official duties and functions and in carrying out the provisions of this act; provided, that the compensation of such attorney shall be paid from the fund, or monies, from which other expenses of the Board are paid and shall not be a charge against the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1951, p. 166, § 3.
59 OK Stat § 59-738.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-738.4. District attorney's right not abrogated.

|Nothing in this act shall abrogate the right of any district attorney in this state to institute an action to enjoin or prosecute for violations of any of the laws of this state relating to the practice of any of the healing arts. |Laws 1951, p. 166, § 4.
59 OK Stat § 59-738.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-738.6. Actions for declaratory rulings.

|Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no board referred to in Section 738.1 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes may bring or maintain any action for declaratory ruling against any person or entity, including any agency of this state, other than licensees of that board or persons holding themselves out as licensees of that board, to determine if any act performed by such person or entity constitutes the unauthorized practice of a healing art regulated by that board. |The provisions of this section shall not be construed to impair or in any manner affect any civil action for a declaratory ruling brought or for any actions arising pursuant to Section 491.1 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes prior to September 1, 1996.Added by Laws 1996, c. 6, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1996.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-101. Title and construction.

|This Code shall be known and cited as "The Oklahoma Real Estate License Code". |Laws 1974, c. 121, § 101, operative July 1, 1974.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-201. Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.

|A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2024, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission, which shall consist of seven (7) members. The Commission shall be the sole governmental entity, state, county or municipal, which shall have the authority to regulate and issue real estate licenses in the State of Oklahoma. |B. All members of the Commission shall be citizens of the United States and shall have been residents of the State of Oklahoma for at least three (3) years prior to their appointment.C. Five members shall be licensed real estate brokers and shall have had at least five (5) years' active experience as real estate brokers prior to their appointment and be engaged full time in the real estate brokerage business. One member shall be a lay person not in the real estate business, and one member shall be an active representative of a school of real estate located within the State of Oklahoma and approved by the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.D. No more than two members shall be appointed from the same congressional district according to the latest congressional redistricting act. However, when congressional districts are redrawn, each member appointed prior to July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective shall complete the current term of office and appointments made after July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective shall be based on the redrawn districts. No appointments may be made after July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective if such appointment would result in more than two members serving from the same modified district.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 201, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 122, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1979; Laws 1982, c. 194, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 231, § 1, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1991, c. 39, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1991; Laws 1991, c. 335, § 17, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 76, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 38, § 1; Laws 1998, c. 60, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 375, § 9, eff. Nov. 5, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 229, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 2003; Laws 2009, c. 19, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 296 § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 297, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 558, § 6, eff. July 1, 2021.NOTE: Laws 1991, c. 43, § 1 repealed by Laws 1991, c. 335, § 37, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991. Laws 2003, c. 13, § 1 repealed by Laws 2003, c. 229, § 10, emerg. eff. May 20, 2003.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-202. Appointment - Tenure - Vacancies - Removal.

|A. Members of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. |B. Members of the Commission shall serve until their terms expire. The terms of the Commission members shall be for four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.C. Each successor member and any vacancy which may occur in the membership of the Commission shall be filled by appointment of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.D. The Governor may select appointees from a list of not less than two qualified persons submitted by a statewide organization representing realtors.E. Each person who shall have been appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term for which the member whom he or she will succeed was appointed and until his or her successor, in turn, shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.F. Members of the Commission may be removed from office by the Governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office in the manner provided by law for the removal of officers not subject to impeachment.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 202, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 194, § 2, emerg. eff. April 26, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 231, § 2, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1998, c. 60, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2007, c. 42, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Laws 2015, c. 25, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-204. Officers - Employees - Duties and compensation - Meetings.

|A. The members of the Commission, within thirty (30) days after their appointment, shall organize and elect a chairman and vice-chairman. Annually thereafter the offices of chairman and vice-chairman shall be attained through election by Commission members. |B. The Commission, as soon after the election of the chairman and vice-chairman as practicable, shall employ a secretary-treasurer and such clerks and assistants as shall be deemed necessary to discharge the duties imposed by the provisions of this Code, and shall determine their duties and fix their compensation subject to the general laws of this state.C. The chairman of the Commission, and in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the Commission and shall execute such duties as the Commission, by its rules, shall prescribe.D. The secretary-treasurer shall keep a complete and permanent record of all proceedings of the Commission and perform such other duties as the Commission shall prescribe.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 204, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 194, § 3, emerg. eff. April 26, 1982; Laws 1998, c. 60, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-205. Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Revolving Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission, to be designated the "Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission other than the Oklahoma Real Estate Education and Recovery Fund fees or appropriated funds. The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall be under the control and management of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. |B. The Oklahoma Real Estate Commission may invest all or part of the monies of the fund in securities offered through the "Oklahoma State Treasurer's Cash Management Program". Any interest or dividends accruing from the securities and any monies generated at the time of redemption of the securities shall be deposited in the General Operating Fund of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.C. Expenditures from this fund shall be made pursuant to the purposes of this Code and without legislative appropriation. Warrants for expenditures shall be drawn by the State Treasurer based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 205, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 182, § 1, eff. July 1, 1977; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 39, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1992, c. 94, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 60, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 19, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 268.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-206. Suits - Service - Seal - Certified copies - Location of office.

|A. The Commission may sue and be sued in its official name, and service of summons upon the secretary-treasurer of the Commission shall constitute lawful service upon the Commission. |B. The Commission shall have a seal which shall be affixed to all licenses, certified copies of records and papers on file, and to such other instruments as the Commission may direct, and all courts shall take judicial notice of such seal.C. Copies of records and proceedings of the Commission and all papers on file in the office, certified under the seal, shall be received as evidence in all courts of record.D. The office of the Commission shall be at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 206, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 60, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-207 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-207. Annual report of fees.

|The Commission shall at the close of each fiscal year file with the Governor and State Auditor and Inspector a true and correct report of all fees charged, collected and received during the previous fiscal year, and shall pay into the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury ten percent (10%) of the license fees collected and received during the fiscal year. |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 194, § 4, emerg. eff. April 26, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 289, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 231, § 4, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 125, operative July 1, 1990.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-209. Compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

|A. In the exercise of all powers and the performance of all duties provided in this Code, the Commission shall comply with the procedures provided in the Administrative Procedures Act. Appeals shall be taken as provided in said act. |B. The Commission may designate and employ a hearing examiner or examiners who shall have the power and authority to conduct such hearings in the name of the Commission at any time and place subject to the provisions of this section and any applicable rules or orders of the Commission. No person shall serve as a hearing examiner in any proceeding in which any party to the proceeding is, or at any time has been, a client of the hearing examiner or of any firm, partnership or corporation with which the hearing examiner is, or at any time has been, associated. No person who acts as a hearing examiner shall act as attorney for the Commission in any court proceeding arising out of any hearing in which he acted as hearing examiner.C. In any hearing before the Commission, the burden of proof shall be upon the moving party.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 209, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 60, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-301.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-301.1. Eligibility for license - Applicants convicted of criminal offenses - Time periods for disqualification - Procedure – Definitions.

|A. Any applicant convicted of any crimes defined in Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be eligible to obtain a real estate license within twenty (20) years of the completion of any criminal sentence, including parole and probation. |B. Any applicant convicted of a felony crime that substantially relates to the occupation of a real estate agent and poses a reasonable threat to public safety shall not be eligible to obtain a real estate license within ten (10) years of the completion of any criminal sentence, including parole and probation.C. For the purposes of this section, the term "applicant" shall mean any person making an application for original licensure as a provisional sales associate, sales associate, broker associate, or broker, and shall not apply to any licensee seeking renewal of a current license.D. Any applicant with a felony conviction shall not automatically receive a license after the timelines set forth in this section, but may be licensed in accordance with the licensing provisions set forth in the Oklahoma Real Estate License Code and Rules.E. As used in this section:1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.Added by Laws 2009, c. 133, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 363, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-301.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-301.2. Notification of Commission of conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to felony offense.

|Every licensed person pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Real Estate License Code shall notify the Commission in writing of the conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony offense within thirty (30) days after the plea is taken and also within thirty (30) days of the entering of an order of judgment and sentencing. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 133, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-302. Eligibility for license as provisional sales associate - Qualifications - Examination - Posteducation requirement.

|A. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall submit to the Commission evidence of successful completion of ninety (90) clock hours or its equivalent as determined by the Commission of basic real estate instruction in a course of study approved by the Commission, may apply to the Commission to take an examination for the purpose of securing a license as a provisional sales associate. The education required in this subsection shall only be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date the school certified successful completion of the course; thereafter, the applicant shall be required to successfully complete an additional ninety (90) clock hours or its equivalent in basic real estate instruction. |B. Application shall be made upon forms prescribed by the Commission and shall be accompanied by an examination fee as provided for in this Code and all information and documents the Commission may require.C. The applicant shall appear in person before the Commission for an examination which shall be in the form and inquire into the subjects the Commission shall prescribe.D. If it shall be determined that the applicant shall have passed the examination, received final approval of the application, and paid the appropriate license fee provided for in this Code along with the Oklahoma Real Estate Education and Recovery Fund fee, the Commission shall issue to the applicant a provisional sales associate license.E. Following the issuance of a provisional sales associate license, the licensee shall then submit to the Commission, prior to the expiration of the provisional license, evidence of successful completion of forty-five (45) clock hours or its equivalent as determined by the Commission of postlicense education real estate instruction in a course(s) of study approved by the Commission. A provisional sales associate who fails to submit evidence of compliance with the postlicense education requirement pursuant to this section, prior to the first expiration date of the provisional sales associate license, shall not be entitled to renew such license for another license term. However, the Commission shall promulgate rules for those persons called into active military service for purposes of satisfying the postlicense education requirement.Added by Laws 1974, c. 121, § 302, operative July 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 182, § 3, eff. July 1, 1977; Laws 1980, c. 165, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1991, c. 43, § 4, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 60, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 142, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 59, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2013, c. 173, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 363, § 33, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-303A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-303A. Eligibility for license as a broker associate.

|A. Applicants for a broker associate license shall meet the following requirements: |1. Hold a renewable broker associate or sales associate license and have two (2) years' licensure within the previous five (5) years as a sales associate or provisional sales associate, or its equivalent;2. Submit to the Commission evidence of successful completion of ninety (90) clock hours, or its equivalent as determined by the Commission, of advanced real estate instruction in a course of study approved by the Commission. The education required in this subsection shall only be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date the school certified successful completion of the course; thereafter, the applicant shall be required to successfully complete an additional ninety (90) clock hours or its equivalent in advanced real estate instruction; and3. Apply to the Commission to take an examination for the purpose of securing a license as a broker associate.B. Application shall be made upon forms prescribed by the Commission and shall be accompanied by fees as provided for in this Code and all information and documents the Commission may require.C. The applicant shall appear in person for an examination which shall be prescribed by the Commission.D. If the applicant has passed the examination, received final approval of the application, and paid the appropriate fees provided for in this Code along with the Oklahoma Real Estate Education and Recovery Fund fee, the Commission shall issue to the applicant a broker associate license.Added by Laws 2017, c. 248, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 363, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-858-303B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-858-303B. Accounting of expenditure for services.

|Any real estate broker who charges and collects any fees in advance of the services provided by the broker shall provide a detailed accounting of expenditures to the person such services are performed for within ten (10) days after the time specified to perform such services or upon written request from person for whom services are performed for, but no longer than one (1) year from date of contract for such services. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 231, § 6, operative July 1, 1985.