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TN Code § 62-13-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-304. Written Examinations

   In addition to submitting proof of honesty, trustworthiness, integrity and good reputation, each applicant shall pass a written examination prepared by or under the supervision of the commission.   The examination may be given orally at the discretion of the commission if a written examination is precluded by reason of physical disability.   The examination shall be given at times and places within the state that the commission shall prescribe. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commission may administer the examination at requested locations and may charge special fees that the commission may deem appropriate.   The examination for a license shall include business ethics, composition, arithmetic, elementary principles of land economics and appraisal, closing statements, a general knowledge of the statutes of this state relating to deeds, mortgages, trust deeds, contracts of sale, leases and other related matters and the provisions of this chapter.   The examination for a broker's license shall be of more exacting nature and scope than the examination for an affiliate broker's license.   An applicant failing to pass an examination may be reexamined under rules that the commission may prescribe.    The examination for time-share salesperson license shall include the fundamentals of the time-share business, the Tennessee Time-Share Act, compiled in title 66, chapter 32, and other related topics including the parts of this chapter relative to time-share salespersons.   The minimum passing grade for the time-share salesperson examination shall be seventy percent (70%).   An application for the time-share salesperson license examination must be received by the commission at least ten (10) days before the examination date on which the applicant wishes to be examined.      The examination for an acquisition agent license shall be the same as the examination administered for a time-share salesperson license.   The minimum passing grade for an acquisition agent license examination shall be seventy percent (70%).   An application for the acquisition agent license examination must be received by the commission at least ten (10) days before the examination date on which the applicant wishes to be examined.       No applicant shall engage in the real estate business as a broker, affiliate broker, time-share salesperson or acquisition agent until satisfactorily passing the examination and complying with other requirements of this chapter and until a license has been issued to the applicant. An applicant for a time-share salesperson license or acquisition agent license who has passed the examination for either license in the twelve-month period preceding the date of application shall be deemed to have satisfied the examination requirements for the pending application.
TN Code § 62-13-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-308. Examination and License Fees

 The commission shall prescribe in its rules and regulations all fees to be paid before any examinations shall be given or licenses issued by the commission as provided in this chapter.
TN Code § 62-13-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-309. Business Locations — Display of License — Signs

    Each office shall have a real estate firm license, a principal broker and a fixed location with adequate facilities for affiliated licensees, located to conform with zoning laws and ordinances.   Each branch location shall comply with the requirements of subdivision (a)(1)(A).     The license of a broker and of each affiliate broker under contract to the broker shall be prominently displayed in the broker's principal place of business.   Within ten (10) days after any change of location of the office, the principal broker registered at that office shall notify the commission in writing of the office's new business address and shall pay the fee established in § 62-13-308. The new address shall be considered the new business address for all brokers or affiliate brokers associated with the location unless any such brokers or affiliate brokers otherwise notify the commission of a new business address through a change of affiliation, termination of affiliation, or by other means acceptable to the commission.      Each licensed broker shall maintain a sign on the outside of the broker's office of the size and content that local ordinances and the commission prescribe, which shall clearly state that the broker is engaged in the real estate business.   In making application for a license or for a change of location, the licensee shall verify, in writing, that the licensee's office conforms with zoning laws and ordinances.   The maintenance of the broker's office in the broker's home shall not relieve the broker from the requirement of having a sign outside of the house as required in this subsection (b).   Affiliate brokers are not required to display signs at the office of their brokers.     The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) may be waived in cases of certain unusual geographical circumstances.    If the applicant for a broker's license maintains more than one (1) place of business within the state, the applicant shall apply for and obtain an additional firm license for each branch office.   Every application shall state the location of the branch office and the name of the person in charge of it.   Each branch office shall be under the direction and supervision of a broker licensed at that address.     No more than one (1) license shall be issued to any broker or affiliate broker to be in effect at one (1) time.   Upon original application for a firm license and each renewal of the license, the firm shall provide proof of the establishment of the firm's escrow account satisfactory to the commission.   A principal broker may act as a principal broker for two (2) firms as long as both firms are in the same location. As used in this subsection (g), “the same location” means that both firms are located at and use the same physical address.
TN Code § 62-13-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-310. Affiliate Broker Relationship to Broker

  Whenever the contractual relationship between a broker and affiliate broker is terminated, the present broker shall immediately sign and date the change of affiliation form prescribed by the commission. The affiliate broker may act under a contract with another broker upon completion and transmittal to the commission of the form, accompanied by the fee established pursuant to § 62-13-308. The affiliate broker shall assure that the completed form and fee are promptly transmitted and that the affiliate broker's license is prominently displayed in the new broker's principal place of business.   Licensees may not post signs on any property advertising themselves as real estate agents unless the firm's name appears on the signs in letters the same size or larger than those spelling out the name of the licensee.   Any unlawful act or violation of this chapter by any affiliate broker may not be cause for the suspension or revocation of the license of the broker with whom the affiliate broker is affiliated.
TN Code § 62-13-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-311. Revocation of License by Court — Reinstatement

 Whenever any person, partnership, association, company, firm or corporation claiming to have been injured or damaged by the gross negligence, incompetency, fraud, dishonesty or misconduct on the part of any licensee following the calling or engaging in the business described in this chapter files suit upon the claim against the licensee in any court of record in this state and recovers judgment on the claim, the court may as part of its judgment or decree in such cases, if it deem it a proper case in which so to do, revoke the certificate of license granted under this chapter, and the certificate of license shall not be reissued to the licensee except upon the consenting vote of six (6) of the members of the commission in favor of reissuance.
TN Code § 62-13-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-313. Notice — Hearing

   Before refusing to issue a license or suspending or revoking an existing license upon the verified written complaint of any person setting out a cause of action under § 62-13-312, the commission shall, in writing, notify the accused applicant or licensee of its receipt of the complaint, enclosing a copy of the complaint.   The accused applicant or licensee shall, within ten (10) days, file with the commission the applicant's or licensee's answer to the complaint, a copy of which shall be transmitted to the complainant.   If, after investigation, the commission determines that the matter should have a hearing, a time and place for the hearing shall be set.   If, upon review of the complaint or at anytime thereafter, the commission determines that the complaint was not filed in a timely manner or there is no reasonable cause to believe that the applicant or licensee has engaged in the alleged violation or violations of § 62-13-312, the commission shall issue an order to that effect; and a copy of the order shall be furnished to the complainant, the applicant or licensee and the public officers and persons that the commission deems proper.     All notices and answers required or authorized to be made or filed under this section may be served or filed personally or by registered mail to the last known business address of the addressee. If served personally, the time shall run from the date of service and if by registered mail, from the postmarked date of the letter enclosing the document.   The affirmative vote of a majority of the commission shall be necessary to revoke or suspend a license.   In the event the matter contained in the complaint has been filed or made a part of a case pending in any court in this state, the commission may then withhold its decision until the court action has been concluded.   Any complaint filed with the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be filed within the longer of the following:  Two (2) years from the date of commission of the alleged violation of § 62-13-312 or the date that the complainant actually became aware of the violation;   The applicable statute of limitations set out in § 40-2-101, if the violation of § 62-13-312 also constitutes a criminal offense; or   Ten (10) days after a successful criminal prosecution becomes final, if the violation of § 62-13-312 also constitutes a criminal offense and the time required for prosecution of the offense exceeds the time specified in subdivision (e)(1) or (e)(2).
TN Code § 62-13-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-315. [reserved.]

  The commission shall keep a register of all applicants for license, showing for each the date of application, name, place of business, place of residence and whether the license was granted or refused.   The register shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded in the register.
TN Code § 62-13-317 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-317. Directory of Licensed Brokers and Affiliate Brokers

  The commission may, from time to time, at its discretion, publish a directory of all brokers and affiliate brokers licensed by the commission. The directory shall contain other data that the commission may determine to be in the interest of the public.   The directory shall be mailed to and placed on file in the office of the county clerk of each county.
TN Code § 62-13-318 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-318. Temporary Retirement

   Upon written request accompanied by the license and the fee for change of status, any real estate firm, real estate broker, affiliate broker, time-share salesperson, or acquisition agent may temporarily retire the license.   If the retiree wishes to remain in retirement for any portion of a subsequent license renewal period, the retiree shall pay the required license renewal fee prior to the license expiration date.   No retired licensee may engage in any act defined in § 62-13-102.   The retiree is responsible for advising the commission of the retiree's current mailing address.      A licensee wishing to reactivate a license from retirement status shall submit the proper form and fee for a change of status.   Reactivation of a temporarily retired license shall not be permitted until the licensee provides proof of completion of sixteen (16) classroom hours in real estate courses as specified in § 62-13-303 during the current license renewal period.     Any license in inactive status with the commission on July 1, 2016, shall be transferred to retirement status on that date.
TN Code § 62-13-319 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-319. Reinstatement After Failure to Pay Renewal or Retirement Fee

  The license of any broker, affiliate broker, time-share salesperson or acquisition agent who fails timely to pay a renewal or retirement fee or to comply with any prerequisite or condition to licensure or renewal may be reinstated without examination within sixty (60) days after the expiration date of the license upon providing proof of compliance with the prerequisites or conditions, including payment of any penalty fee arising from failure to comply with any prerequisite or condition to renewal prior to the expiration date of the license and payment of the renewal fee, plus an additional penalty fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month. Any person desiring reinstatement thereafter must reapply for licensure; provided, however, that the commission may, in its discretion:  Waive reexamination or additional education requirements for such an applicant; or   Reinstate a license subject to the applicant's compliance with reasonable conditions that the commission may prescribe, including payment of a penalty fee, in addition to the penalty fee provided in subsection (a), of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month, or portion of a month, from the time the license expired.     When fees are remitted by mail to the commission, the date of payment shall be determined by the official postmark on the mail.
TN Code § 62-13-320 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-320. Surrender of Broker's for Affiliate Broker's License

 The holder of a valid broker's license shall, upon the holder's written request, be entitled to surrender the license to the commission in exchange for an affiliate broker's license.
TN Code § 62-13-321 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-321. Escrow or Trustee Account of Deposited Funds

 Every broker shall, in accordance with rules promulgated by the commission under § 62-13-203, keep an escrow or trustee account of funds deposited with the broker relating to a real estate transaction. The broker shall maintain for a period of at least (3) years accurate records of the account showing:   The depositor of the funds;   The date of deposit;   The date of withdrawal;   The payee of the funds; and   Other pertinent information that the commission may require.
TN Code § 62-13-323 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-323. Escrow Account — Waiver

  The principal broker of a real estate firm that does not engage in activities that require the acceptance of any funds belonging to others may receive from the Tennessee real estate commission a waiver from § 62-13-321.   Upon receipt of a waiver by the Tennessee real estate commission pursuant to subsection (a), a principal broker may close the real estate firm's escrow account.   The principal broker of a real estate firm authorized pursuant to this section to operate without an escrow account may accept funds belonging to others subject to the following:  The principal broker shall open an escrow account within one (1) business day of accepting the deposit and deposit the funds into the newly opened escrow account on the same day; and   The principal broker shall notify the Tennessee real estate commission within one (1) business day after opening a new escrow account and shall provide the following information:  The name and address of the bank where the new escrow account was opened;   The name of the new escrow account; and   The account identification number of the new escrow account.       A principal broker who opens an escrow account pursuant to subsection (c) shall acknowledge responsibility to operate under all the requirements of § 62-13-321.   No principal broker may obtain a waiver pursuant to subsection (a) for the same real estate firm more than once each license renewal period.
TN Code § 62-13-324 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-324. Real Estate Continuing Education Instructors — Course Requirements

  In order to be eligible for approval by the commission, a course in real estate designed to meet the educational requirements established in § 62-13-303 shall be under the personal and direct supervision of an instructor who:  Has completed a Tennessee real estate commission approved course in instructor training;   Holds a diploma or certificate evidencing a high school education or the equivalent of a high school education;   Has no complaints filed against such person in the office of the commission that have not been satisfactorily resolved;   If the course concerns the principles of real estate, mathematics or sales techniques, is a licensed broker, or, with the approval of the commission, an affiliate broker, with at least five (5) years of experience in the subject of the course;   If the course concerns the law of real estate, has graduated from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association or approved by the state board of law examiners;   If the course concerns any other field in which a degree or other recognized designation is commonly awarded, has earned that degree or designation or has at least five (5) years of satisfactory experience in the field; and   If the course is offered for credit at a college or university, has either a master's degree and three (3) years of satisfactory experience in the area of instruction or a terminal degree in the area of instruction.     The commission may charge a fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each instructor in an education cycle in order to review the instructor's qualifications.   Before teaching the core course required every two (2) years by the real estate commission, an instructor shall demonstrate competency in the subject by taking an approved instructor course of at least four (4) hours on the subject matter being presented in the core course.   Before teaching a course on the law of agency, an instructor shall successfully complete an approved instructor course on agency.   The real estate commission shall approve any continuing education course that consists of a minimum of one (1) classroom hour in length; provided, that the course meets all of the requirements of the commission that are not related to course length. Any rule, policy, or requirement of the real estate commission that is in conflict with this subsection (e) is superseded.
TN Code § 62-13-325 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973|Part 3 - Qualifications and Licensing|§ 62-13-325. Distance Education Courses

  “Distance education” shall be used interchangeably with “correspondence courses” and includes all education in which instruction does not take place in a traditional classroom setting but rather through other media where the teacher and student are separated by distance or by time. Distance education courses approved by the commission shall be completed within one (1) year of the date of enrollment in order for continuing education to be granted to the licensee. Distance education may include, but is not necessarily limited to, printed materials, computer based materials and on-line materials.   A distance education course using printed materials may be approved by the commission if:  Students will be provided a manual or other printed material;   A comprehensive course outline, requirements for successful completion of the course and information regarding availability of faculty to students are provided;   It contains at least six (6) written exercises that are to be submitted periodically to the instructor, graded and returned to the student; and   If the class provides more than eight (8) hours of credit, a comprehensive final examination or equivalent measure of achievement is executed prior to the sponsor submitting the roster to the commission indicating successful completion of the course for any and all students.      A distance education course using computer-based or online materials or formats may be submitted to the commission for analysis and possible approval if the course is certified by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) or other certifying body at the discretion of the commission, as to technology, support of the technology, interactivity and course design.   The commission shall review these certified courses on a case by case basis to determine whether the curriculum will meet commission education requirements.   Any course that would provide more than eight (8) hours of continuing education shall include a final examination that shall be executed prior to submission to the commission for education credit.   Approval of a course under this subsection (c) will be automatically withdrawn should certification by the respective certifying body be discontinued for any reason.     Any distance education version of the basic principles of real estate course required of applicants for an affiliate broker's license under § 62-13-303 shall include at least one (1) student interaction with a commission-approved instructor for every five (5) hours of credit.