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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 314a - Real Estate Licensing › Section 20-314a-8 - Affidavit or certificate requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
No affidavit or certificate of successful completion of an
				approved course of study in real estate shall be issued to any student unless
				said student shall have first attended a minimum of thirty hours of classroom
				instruction, except in the case of principles and practice, where attendance
				shall be a minimum of sixty hours, and shall have achieved a passing numerical
				grade of at least 70% on a final examination. Each school shall issue an
				affidavit to the student in such form as may be adopted by the school attesting
				to the required minimum attendance, dates of attendance, school code and final
				numerical grade for the course. Said affidavit is to be signed by an authorized
				official of the school.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 314a - Real Estate Licensing › Section 20-314a-9 - Course approval by commission

Current through July 10, 2024
Each school conducting an approved course shall, at least ten
				days prior to the first scheduled session of each course, submit to the
				commission a schedule of the dates, hours, locations, advertising and
				instructors for each course to be offered. No courses shall commence or be
				advertised as approved nor shall an instructor be used in the classroom without
				prior written approval of this commission. There shall be no change or
				alteration in any approved course or instructional staff without prior written
				notice and approval of the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-1 - School and course approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each school,
			 institution or organization desirous of offering courses of real estate
			 continuing education shall submit a formal filing for each course for which
			 approval is sought to the Connecticut Real Estate Commission.
(b) The filing for each course shall include,
			 but not be limited to, the following:
(1)
			 detailed course outline;
(2)
			 instructors' lecture guidelines;
(3) copy of text and/or related teaching
			 materials;
(4) copy of affidavits
			 and certificates to be issued by the school, institution or organization upon
			 completion of the course other than that prescribed by the
			 commission,
(5) copy of all
			 proposed advertising;
(6) locations
			 of all classrooms, unless the course is a distance education course;
(7) names and addresses of all instructors to
			 be used; and
(8) tuition and other
			 related costs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-2 - Notification of course offering and locations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each
			 school, institution or organization conducting an approved course shall, at
			 least ten (10) days prior to the first scheduled session of each course submit
			 to the commission a schedule of the dates, hours, locations, tuition fees and
			 instructors for each course to be offered. No courses shall commence or be
			 advertised as approved, without prior written approval of the commission. There
			 shall be no change or alteration in any approved course without prior written
			 notice and approval of the commission. Course approval may be withdrawn for
			 failure to comply with the provisions of Sections
			 20-319-1
			 through
			 20-319-9
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) Identification of all locations where
			 courses are offered must be submitted to the Connecticut Real Estate Commission
			 for prior approval. Each course of study, except distance education courses,
			 shall be offered in a classroom or other facility which is adequate to
			 implement the offering. Approved courses shall not be held on the premises of a
			 real estate brokerage office or real estate franchise. Classroom locations
			 shall be approved by the local Fire Marshal for such use.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-3 - Course content

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The contents of
			 continuing education programs shall consist of current real estate licensing
			 laws and practices that are broad-based and essential to the role of a real
			 estate general practitioner as he or she acts in the best interests of the
			 consumer. These contents shall directly relate to real estate principles and
			 practices such as described in the Connecticut Real Estate Licensing Laws and
			 Regulations and any overview text on real estate principles and practices or to
			 new developments in the field for which licensees have a demonstrated
			 need.
(b) Real estate brokers and
			 salespersons shall take courses consisting of at least twelve (12) classroom
			 hours in each two (2) year continuing education period.
The following course shall be mandated unless otherwise
				directed by the real estate commission:
One course consisting of at least three (3) classroom hours in
				current real estate and fair housing legislation, licensing laws and
				regulations.
(c) The
			 commission shall not approve offerings in mechanical office and business skills
			 such as typing, speed-reading, memory development, personal motivation,
			 salesmanship, sales psychology, nor sales promotions or other meetings held in
			 conjunction with the general business of a salesperson's broker. Generally
			 acceptable courses may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Fair Housing Laws;
(2) Ethics;
(3) Finance;
(4) Appraisal;
(5) Management;
(6) Planning and Zoning;
(7) Securities and Syndications;
(8) Investment Analysis;
(9) Common Interest Ownership;
(10) Interstate Land Sales;
(11) Taxes and Liens;
(12) Title Closing;
(13) Real Estate Documents; and
(14) Real Estate Math.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-4 - Advertising

Current through July 10, 2024
All schools advertising courses shall comply with the following
				requirements:
(a) All advertising
			 materials shall be submitted to the commission prior to publication;
(b) All advertising and notices shall not be
			 deceptive or misleading and shall reveal significant facts, the concealment of
			 which would mislead the public;
(c)
			 Advertisers and their agents shall substantiate claims made in an advertisement
			 upon request of the commission;
(d)
			 All advertising and written or oral statements shall avoid the use of
			 exaggerated or unprovable claims and misrepresentations. In discussing the
			 student's possible or potential economic future in the field of real estate,
			 only reasonable claims may be made;
(e) No unfounded guarantee shall be offered.
			 All notices shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the full nature of
			 services offered;
(f) False or
			 misleading claims as to tuition and other course costs are
			 prohibited;
(g) Material containing
			 testimonials shall be clearly limited to those individuals reflecting their own
			 personal experiences;
(h) In any
			 advertising all schools are to refrain from using the wording "Approved by the
			 Department of Consumer Protection/Real Estate Commission" or other like
			 wording. The following wording may be used: "This course meets the minimum
			 requirements as set forth by the Department of Consumer Protection/Real Estate
			 Commission"; and
(i) The size of
			 type setting forth the wording in item (h) of this section shall be no larger
			 than the smaller type used on the advertisement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-5 - Records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All schools, institutions or
			 organizations conducting approved courses shall keep and retain complete
			 records of student attendance and evidence of completion for a period of at
			 least four (4) years after the completion of each course. Such records shall be
			 available for inspection by the commission. Upon satisfactory completion of any
			 approved course, a certificate, as prescribed by the commission, will be
			 furnished by the school, institution or organization to the student.
(b) The burden of proof of completion of each
			 course shall be upon the licensee. Documentation of such courses shall be
			 submitted in such manner and at such times as prescribed by the
			 commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-6 - Equivalent continuing education experience and study

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Courses approved by the Connecticut Real
			 Estate Commission pursuant to sections
			 20-314a-4,
			 20-314a-5 or
			 20-314a-6 of the
			 regulations may be deemed equivalent for purposes of continuing educational
			 study.
(b) Any other continuing
			 educational courses taken by the licensee shall be considered by the commission
			 on an individual basis. Evidence of such courses must be submitted 90 days
			 prior to the end of each two (2) year continuing education period.
(c) Instructing an approved continuing
			 education course or courses taught pursuant to sections
			 20-314a-4,
			 20-314a-5 or
			 20-314a-6 of
			 these regulations shall be deemed equivalent for purposes of continuing
			 educational experience. Continuing education credit for such instruction shall
			 not be accepted by the Connecticut Real Estate Commission if for less than
			 three (3) hours. Continuing education hours shall not be approved more than
			 once for instructing the same course within each two (2) year continuing
			 education period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-7 - Written exam

Current through July 10, 2024
The written exam option as provided by section
				20-319(a)
				(2) of the General Statutes will be conducted
				by either the Department of Consumer Protection or a national testing service
				at the time, place and dates prescribed by the department or such national
				testing service. Such exam will cover current real estate practices and
				licensing laws.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-8 - Hardship

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon appropriate showing of a bona fide health, or other
				individual hardship, the commission may consider an exception to the continuing
				education requirements as set forth in section
				20-319
				of the General Statutes.
(a) Loss of
			 income resulting from cancellation of a license is not a bona fide
			 hardship.
(b) Requests for
			 exceptions shall be submitted in writing not less than 60 days prior to the
			 date of license renewal and shall include an explanation and verification of
			 the hardship.
(c) Exceptions may
			 include but not be limited to:
(1) individuals
			 serving in military service; and
(2) individuals who are physically
			 handicapped which handicap prohibits them from sitting for an exam or attending
			 courses.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 319 - Continuing Education for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-319-9 - Hearings on denial of school or course approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
			 the refusal of the commission to approve a school, institution or organization
			 for the offering of continuing education courses or a particular course or upon
			 the decision of the Connecticut Real Estate Commission to withdraw such
			 approval, the commission shall notify the applicant of the denial and of his
			 right to request a hearing within ten (10) days from the date of receipt of the
			 notice of denial.
(b) In the event
			 the applicant requests a hearing within such ten (10) days, the commission
			 shall give notice of the grounds for his refusal and shall conduct a hearing
			 concerning such refusal in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 54 of the
			 General Statutes concerning contested matters.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325c - Fees Charged by Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325c-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of these
				regulations:
(a) "Buyer" means any
			 buyer of residential real property.
(b) "Broker" means any real estate broker or
			 real estate salesman as defined in section
			 20-311 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes and any person affiliated with such real
			 estate broker or salesman.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325c - Fees Charged by Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325c-2 - Scope of regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
Any fee, commission or other valuable consideration received by
				a broker for negotiating, soliciting, arranging, placing or finding a first
				mortgage loan for a buyer of residential real property, which is in addition to
				the consideration received by such broker for the sale of such property, shall
				be in accordance with these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325c - Fees Charged by Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325c-3 - Written agreement

Current through July 10, 2024
Prior to the accrual of any charges for mortgage brokering
				services performed by a broker on behalf of a buyer, the broker and buyer shall
				execute a written agreement. The terms of the agreement, in addition to any
				disclosures required by law, shall include, but not be limited to, the amount,
				term and type of first mortgage loan that the buyer seeks to obtain, the
				maximum rate of interest and number of points that a buyer would pay, an
				approximate loan closing date, the hourly rate upon which the fee, commission,
				or other valuable consideration to be received by a broker is based and a
				description of the manner in which any such fee, commission or other valuable
				consideration will be determined. The agreement shall specify that a buyer who
				finds a loan without the assistance of the broker or who does not consummate
				the purchase of the property will not be obligated to pay any consideration to
				the broker. Amendments to the agreement shall be in writing and signed by the
				parties.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325c - Fees Charged by Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325c-4 - Fee, commission, consideration

Current through July 10, 2024
Any fee, commission or other valuable consideration received by
				a broker for assisting a buyer in obtaining a first mortgage loan shall be
				based on a reasonable hourly rate. An hourly rate may accrue for any bona fide
				activity performed by the broker when negotiating, soliciting, arranging,
				placing or finding a first mortgage loan for a buyer, including, but not
				limited to, the time spent with the buyer discussing financing options,
				completing applications, negotiating with prospective lenders, and performing
				underwriting activities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325c - Fees Charged by Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325c-5 - Itemized invoice required

Current through July 10, 2024
The broker shall maintain a written record of the amount of
				time spent in negotiating, soliciting, arranging, placing or finding a first
				mortgage loan for a buyer. In addition, prior to the receipt of any fee,
				commission or other valuable consideration, the broker shall provide the buyer
				with an itemized invoice of the services rendered, which shall include the
				hourly rate and the number of hours or fractions thereof spent on each service.
				A copy of the invoice and written record shall be maintained by the broker for
				a period of two years from the date of the invoice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325d - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325d-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of Sections 20-325d-1 through
				20-325d-7,
				inclusive, of these regulations, the following terms shall have the meanings
				indicated:
(a) "Broker" or "Real
			 estate broker" means "real estate broker" as this term is defined by
			 Connecticut General Statutes Section
			 20-311(1),
			 as amended;
(b) "Salesman" or "Real
			 estate salesman" means "real estate salesman" as this term is defined by
			 Connecticut General Statutes Section
			 20-311(2),
			 as amended;
(c) "Seller's Agent" or
			 "Agent of the seller" means a real estate broker or real estate salesman who
			 acts in a fiduciary capacity for the prospective seller or prospective lessor
			 in a real estate transaction;
(d)
			 "Buyer's agent" or "Agent of the buyer" means a real estate broker or real
			 estate salesman who acts in a fiduciary capacity for the prospective buyer or
			 prospective lessee in a real estate transaction;
(e) "Dual agent" means a real estate broker
			 or real estate salesman who acts in a fiduciary capacity for both the
			 prospective seller or prospective lessor and the prospective buyer or
			 prospective lessee in a real estate transaction; and
(f) "Licensee" means real estate broker
			 and/or real estate salesman.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325d - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325d-2 - Agency disclosure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A real estate
			 broker or real estate salesman, when acting as a seller's agent, shall make a
			 written disclosure of whom the brokerage firm and its agents represent to
			 prospective buyers or lessees, unless such prospective buyer or lessee is
			 represented by another real estate broker. A real estate broker or real estate
			 salesperson, when acting as a buyer's agent, shall make a written disclosure of
			 whom the brokerage firm and its agents represent to prospective sellers or
			 lessors, unless such prospective seller or lessor is represented by another
			 real estate broker. The disclosure shall be in one of the following forms:
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(b)
(i) A
			 real estate broker or real estate salesperson, when acting as a dual agent,
			 shall make a written disclosure of dual agency to all parties by using the dual
			 agency consent agreement, Connecticut General Statutes section
			 20-325g,
			 or the dual agency designated agency disclosure notice and consent agreement as
			 set forth in the Connecticut regulations concerning designated agency.
(ii) Real estate brokers who
			 represent both buyers and sellers shall disclose the potential for a dual
			 agency situation in their listing agreements and buyer agency
			 agreements.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325d - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325d-5 - Time of disclosure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any licensee
			 acting as a seller's agent or intending to act as a seller's agent shall give
			 the disclosure required by Section
			 20-325d-2 of
			 these regulations to the prospective buyer or lessee at the beginning of the
			 first personal meeting concerning the prospective buyer's or lessee's specific
			 real estate needs. The disclosure shall be signed by the prospective buyer or
			 lessee and the broker or salesman, and shall be attached to any offer, binder,
			 option, agreement to purchase or lease. If the prospective buyer or lessee
			 refuses to sign the disclosure, the seller's agent shall note this refusal on
			 the line indicated for the prospective buyer' s or lessee' s
			 signature.
(b) Any licensee acting
			 as a buyer's agent or intending to act as a buyer's agent shall give the
			 disclosure required by Section
			 20-325d-2 of
			 these regulations to the seller or lessor or to the seller' s or lessor's agent
			 at the beginning of the first personal meeting with the seller or lessor or the
			 seller's or lessor's agent concerning the seller's or lessor's real property.
			 The disclosure shall be signed by the seller or lessor, or the seller's or
			 lessor's agent, and the prospective buyer's agent, and shall be attached to any
			 offer, binder, option, agreement to purchase or lease. If the seller, lessor or
			 seller's or lessor's agent refuses to sign the disclosure, the prospective
			 buyer's agent shall note this refusal on the line indicated for the seller's,
			 lessor's or seller's or lessor's agent's signature.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325d - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325d-6 - Disclosure by cooperating licensees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The notices
			 required by Connecticut General Statutes Section
			 20-325d
			 need only be given once to each prospective seller, lessor, buyer or lessee by
			 a real estate licensee.
(b) Any
			 licensee acting as a cooperating licensee shall be responsible for providing
			 the notice required by Connecticut General Statutes Section
			 20-325d,
			 unless no cooperating licensee is involved, in which case the seller's or
			 buyer's agent or the dual agent shall be responsible for providing the
			 notice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 325d - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-325d-7 - Open houses, auctions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The disclosure
			 to prospective buyers or lessees required by Connecticut General Statutes
			 Section
			 20-325d
			 need not be given to individuals who attend an open house, provided that:
(1) the licensee, by sign, poster, pamphlet
			 or other similar means, conspicuously discloses the licensee's agency
			 relationship; and
(2) no personal
			 meeting concerning the prospective buyer's or lessee's specific real estate
			 needs is held. If such a meeting is held, the written disclosure shall be given
			 at the beginning of the meeting.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 327b - Residential Property Condition Disclosure Report › Section 20-327b-1 - Residential property condition disclosure report

Current through July 10, 2024
The following form shall be used by sellers who are required by
				Section
				20-327b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes to provide a written residential property
				condition disclosure report to prospective purchasers.
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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-1a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For purposes of Sections 20-328-1a through
				20-328-10a,
				the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(a) "Blockbusting" means to induce or attempt
			 to induce a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the
			 entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a
			 particular race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex,
			 familial status, marital status, age, sexual orientation, lawful source of
			 income, learning disability, mental retardation or physical or mental
			 disability, including but not limited to blindness or deafness;
(b) "Broker" or "Real estate broker" means
			 "real estate broker" as this term is defined by Connecticut General Statutes,
			 Section
			 20-311(1),
			 as amended;
(c) "Commercial real
			 estate transaction" means "Commercial real estate transaction" as defined in
			 Connecticut General Statutes, Section
			 20-311(9)
			 as amended;
(d) "Licensee" means
			 "Real estate broker" or "real estate salesman" as these terms are defined by
			 Connecticut General Statutes, Section
			 20-311(1) and
			 (2);
(e) "Net listing" means a listing contract in
			 which the broker receives as a commission all excess moneys over and above the
			 minimum sales price agreed upon by the broker and seller;
(f) "Salesperson" or "Real estate
			 salesperson" means "real estate salesperson" as this term is defined by
			 Connecticut General Statutes, Section
			 20-311(2);
			 and
(g) "Steering" means to
			 restrict or attempt to restrict, because of race, creed, religion, color,
			 national origin, ancestry, sex, familial status, marital status, age, sexual
			 orientation, lawful source of income, learning disability, mental retardation
			 or physical or mental disability, including but not limited to blindness or
			 deafness, the choices of a person by word or conduct in connection with
			 seeking, negotiating for, buying or renting a dwelling so as to perpetuate, or
			 tend to perpetuate, segregated housing patterns, or to discourage or obstruct
			 choices in a community, neighborhood or development.
(h) "Advertising" means all forms of
			 identification, representation, promotion and solicitation disseminated in any
			 manner and by any means of communication to the public for any purpose related
			 to engaging in the real estate business.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-2a - Duties to parties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A licensee
			 shall not undertake to provide professional services concerning a property or
			 its value where the licensee has a present or contemplated interest unless such
			 interest is specifically disclosed to all affected parties.
(b) A licensee shall not acquire an interest
			 in or buy for himself or herself, any member of the licensee's immediate
			 family, the licensee's firm or any member thereof, or any entity in which the
			 licensee has a substantial ownership interest, property listed with the
			 licensee, without disclosing to the listing owner the licensee's relationship
			 to the prospective buyer or lessee. In selling or leasing property owned by the
			 licensee or in which the licensee has any interest, the licensee shall reveal
			 the extent of his or her ownership or interest to the prospective buyer or
			 lessee.
(c) A licensee accepting an
			 exclusive right to sell or lease listing or an exclusive agency to sell or
			 lease listing shall make a diligent effort to sell or lease the property
			 listed. A licensee who agrees to become an exclusive agent of a prospective
			 buyer or lessee shall make a diligent effort to find a property within the
			 prospective buyer's or lessee's specifications.
(d) No licensee shall submit to an owner a
			 written offer to purchase or lease real property unless either (1) such offer
			 contains the essential terms and conditions of the offer, including the manner
			 in which the purchase is to be financed; or (2) such offer is conditioned upon
			 the later execution of a bond for deed or complete agreement for sale. No
			 licensee shall submit to an owner a written agreement or a bond for deed for
			 the sale of real estate which contains a mortgage contingency clause which
			 conditions the prospective buyer's performance on obtaining a mortgage from a
			 third party unless the contingency clause includes at least the following:
(1) the principal amount of the mortgage the
			 prospective buyer must obtain;
(2)
			 the time period within which the mortgage commitment must be obtained; and
(3) the term of years of the
			 mortgage.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-3a - Duty to cooperate with department and real estate commission

Current through July 10, 2024
A licensee shall cooperate with department staff if the
				licensee is contacted in connection with an investigation performed by the
				Department of Consumer Protection concerning possible violations of real estate
				statutes or regulations. A licensee shall not make any untruthful or misleading
				statements in connection with any Department of Consumer Protection or Real
				Estate Commission investigation or hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-4a - Discrimination and fair housing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A licensee
			 shall neither deny equal professional services to any person nor be party to
			 any plan or agreement to discriminate against a person or persons on the basis
			 of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, age,
			 sexual orientation, lawful source of income, learning disability, mental
			 retardation, mental disability, or physical disability, including, but not
			 limited to, blindness or deafness. A licensee shall not violate any federal or
			 state fair housing statute or regulation.
(b) No licensee shall participate in
			 activities which constitute blockbusting or steering.
(c) A licensee shall place in all listing and
			 buyer agency agreements a statement in the following form: This agreement is
			 subject to the Connecticut General Statutes prohibiting discrimination in
			 commercial and residential real estate transactions (C.G.S. Title 46a, Chapter
			 814c).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-5a - Misrepresentation, disclosure and advertising

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A licensee
			 shall not misrepresent or conceal any material facts in any
			 transaction.
(b) No licensee shall
			 misrepresent the actual selling price of real estate to any lender or any other
			 interested party, either verbally or through the preparation of a false sales
			 contract.
(c) A real estate broker
			 shall exercise diligence at all times in obtaining and presenting accurate
			 information in the broker's advertising and representations to the public. No
			 broker shall advertise to sell, buy, exchange, rent or lease the property of
			 another in a manner indicating the offer to sell, buy, exchange, rent or lease
			 such property is being made by a private party not engaged in the real estate
			 business. The real estate broker shall neither advertise without disclosing the
			 broker's name nor permit any person associated with the broker to use
			 individual names, telephone numbers or mailing addresses, to the exclusion of
			 the name of such broker.
(d) No
			 real estate licensee shall modify or change the listing information of a real
			 estate broker without the express permission of the real estate broker. No real
			 estate licensee shall advertise real estate listed with a real estate broker
			 with whom the real estate licensee is not affiliated without the permission of
			 the listing real estate broker. No real estate licensee shall advertise real
			 estate listed with a real estate broker with whom the real estate licensee is
			 not affiliated without updating such advertising at least once every
			 seventy-two (72) hours. No real estate licensee shall advertise real estate
			 listed with a real estate broker with whom the real estate licensee is not
			 affiliated without identifying that the real estate is not listed with the real
			 estate licensee.
(e) A real estate
			 licensee advertising or marketing on an internet site, owned or controlled by
			 the real estate licensee, shall include on the home page of the site on which
			 the real estate licensee's advertisement or information appears the following
			 data:
(1) licensee's name and office address
			 as it appears on said licensee's real estate license;
(2) name of the real estate broker with whom
			 the licensee is affiliated, as that real estate broker's name is registered
			 with the commission;
(3) all states
			 in which the licensee holds a salesperson or broker license;
(4) last date on which property information
			 shown on the site was revised.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-7a - Deposits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When a licensee receives a deposit or
			 other moneys with respect to any transaction in which the licensee is engaged
			 on behalf of the real estate broker with whom the licensee is affiliated, the
			 licensee shall promptly pay over the deposit or other moneys to such real
			 estate broker.
(b) Any real estate
			 broker who, in the course of the real estate broker's real estate business and
			 in connection with any transaction, accepts from any principal, client or other
			 person any moneys, to which the real estate broker is not personally and
			 legally entitled, including but not limited to any down payment, earnest money,
			 deposit, rental money or other money to be held by the real estate broker in
			 trust, shall deposit such moneys in an escrow or trust account in a bank doing
			 business in the State of Connecticut unless otherwise required by
			 law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-8a - Commissions and compensation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No licensee
			 shall demand compensation unless reasonable cause for payment of compensation
			 exists.
(b) When an owner, lessor,
			 prospective buyer or lessee wrongfully fails or is unable to consummate a
			 transaction, the real estate broker has no right to any portion of the money,
			 if any, deposited with the real estate broker, even though compensation may
			 have been earned.
(c) While
			 engaging in the real estate business, a licensee shall not accept any
			 commission, rebate, or profit on expenditures made for the licensee's
			 principal, without the knowledge and consent of the licensee's
			 principal.
(d) A licensee shall not
			 accept compensation from more than one party in a real estate transaction
			 without notifying all parties to the transaction prior to the
			 closing.
(e) No licensee shall
			 offer, promise, allow, give, pay or rebate, directly or indirectly, any part or
			 share of the licensee's commission or compensation arising or accruing from any
			 real estate transaction to any person who is engaging in the real estate
			 business and who was not licensed as a real estate broker or real estate
			 salesman at the time the real estate broker or real estate salesman performed
			 the acts or rendered the services for which the licensee offers, promises,
			 allows, gives, pays or rebates such commission or compensation.
(f) If a licensee receives or is awarded any
			 compensation with respect to any transaction in which the licensee is engaged
			 on behalf of the real estate broker with whom the licensee is affiliated, the
			 licensee shall promptly pay over or assign such compensation to such real
			 estate broker.
(g) In a cooperative
			 real estate transaction, a real estate broker shall compensate the cooperating
			 real estate broker and shall not compensate nor offer to compensate, directly
			 or indirectly, any of the real estate salesmen or brokers employed by or
			 affiliated with the cooperating real estate broker without the prior express
			 knowledge and consent of the cooperating broker.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-9a - Interference with agency or contract relationship

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A
			 licensee shall not engage in any practice or take any action which interferes
			 with the agency relationship of another licensee.
(b) No licensee shall induce or attempt to
			 induce any party to a contract of sale or lease of real property to breach or
			 terminate such contract for the purpose of substituting in lieu thereof a new
			 contract with another principal of the licensee.
(c) No licensee shall induce or attempt to
			 induce an owner or a lessor of property to breach or terminate an exclusive
			 right to sell or lease listing or an exclusive agency to sell or lease listing
			 for the purpose of substituting in lieu thereof a new listing contract. No
			 licensee shall induce or attempt to induce a prospective buyer or lessee to
			 breach or terminate an exclusive representation agency agreement for the
			 purpose of substituting a new exclusive representation agency agreement in lieu
			 thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 328 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen › Section 20-328-10a - Brokers and salesmen

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
			 termination of a licensee's employment or affiliation with a real estate
			 broker, a licensee shall immediately turn over to such broker any and all
			 information and records obtained during the licensee's employment or
			 affiliation, whether such information or records were originally given by the
			 licensee's broker or copied from the records of such employing broker or
			 acquired by the licensee during the licensee's employment or affiliation with
			 the real estate broker.
(b) Upon
			 the termination of the employment or affiliation of a licensee with a real
			 estate broker, the real estate broker shall give the licensee, within ten days
			 of the date on which the licensee turns over to the real estate broker any and
			 all information and records in accordance with this section, or within
			 forty-five days of said termination, whichever is earlier, a written accounting
			 setting forth all active listing agreements, agency agreements, transactions,
			 commissions and compensation in which the licensee was involved. The accounting
			 required by this subsection shall also include a statement of the commission or
			 compensation, if any, which the real estate broker intends to pay the salesman
			 on account of the active listings, agency agreements, transactions, commissions
			 and compensation in which the licensee was involved.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Commission" means the Connecticut Real
			 Estate Commission;
(b)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection;
(c) "Department means the Department of
			 Consumer Protection; and
(d)
			 "Broker" has the meaning prescribed in section 20-311 of the general
			 statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-2 - Transaction restricted to broker. Exception

Current through July 10, 2024
No person except a broker or such broker's duly licensed
				salesperson shall offer for disposition or dispose of in this state any
				subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision unless exempted
				by the provisions of section 20-329b of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-3 - License requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall in this state offer any subdivision or lot,
				parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision for disposition or shall dispose of
				any such subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision until
				such person has received a license to do so from the Department, provided this
				section shall not apply to any person or subdivision exempted under the
				provisions of section 20-329b of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-4 - Application for license

Current through July 10, 2024
Any broker who wishes to offer for disposition or to dispose of
				any subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision, and who is
				required to obtain a license to do so from the Department, shall submit to the
				Department:
(1) A license application
			 form prescribed by the Commissioner, duly completed by the applicant under
			 oath. Such questionnaire and license application form shall include, but shall
			 not be limited to, a statement by the applicant
(A) that he or she has reviewed and verified
			 the truth, authenticity and accuracy of all papers, maps, plats, plans,
			 drawings, photographs, permissions, licenses, documents, deeds, instruments and
			 promotional material, including, but not limited to, the sales prospectus or
			 property report which is to be used in every offer of disposition in this state
			 of any subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision,
			 and
(B) that all such materials and
			 documentation reasonably portray the facts relating to the subdivision and any
			 lot, parcel, unit or interest therein and its situation and location,
			 and
(C) that such materials and
			 documentation are in no way misleading and subject to misinterpretation by the
			 public;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-5 - Subdivision registered under Federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act

Current through July 10, 2024
Any broker, unless exempted under the provisions of subsections
				(a) or (b) of section 20-329b of the general statutes, wishing to offer for
				disposition or to dispose of in this state any subdivision or lot, parcel, unit
				or interest in any subdivision which is registered under the Federal Interstate
				Land Sales Full Disclosure Act shall submit to the Department, prior to making
				any such offer of disposition:
(a) A
			 certificate in letter form, or other proof acceptable to the Department, from
			 the director of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau confirming the
			 filing of the particular subdivision and of the effective statement of record
			 with said director;
(b) The
			 statutory filing fee of one hundred dollars plus the license fee to be computed
			 on the basis of the rates set forth in section 20-329f(b) of the general
			 statutes. The Department shall supply free of charge all necessary registration
			 application forms. Any amendments to the statement of record which are filed
			 with said director shall be reported in writing and under oath to the
			 commission within fourteen days after the same are filed with said director.
			 The fee for filing a consolidation or an additional number of units not
			 included in the initial filing shall be one hundred dollars.
(c) Any subdivision which has been registered
			 under the Federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act shall be exempt
			 from all the provisions of section 20-329d of the general statutes by complying
			 with all provisions of section 20-329 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-6 - Land registered in another jurisdiction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
			 broker wishing to offer for disposition or to dispose of in this state any
			 subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision which is
			 registered or approved pursuant to the laws of any other state or jurisdiction
			 shall submit to the Department:
(1) an
			 application form duly completed under oath
(2) A certificate in letter form, or other
			 proof acceptable to the Department, from such other state or jurisdiction
(A) establishing that such subdivision or
			 lot, parcel, unit or interest has been filed or registered with such other
			 state or jurisdiction, and
(B)
			 certifying that the applicant is of good standing in such state or jurisdiction
			 and that he has not had his real estate license revoked or suspended and
			 listing any arrest or conviction within ten years prior thereto connected with
			 the following offenses: forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false
			 pretenses, extortion, criminal conspiracy to defraud, or other like offense or
			 offenses.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 329m - Disposition, Advertising, Sale or Exchange in this State of Real Estate Located in Another State or Jurisdiction › Section 20-329m-7 - Sale contract provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every contract
			 for the sale of any subdivision, or lot, parcel or unit in any subdivision,
			 unless specifically exempted by section 20-329b of the general statutes, shall
			 include the following provisions:
(1) A clear
			 statement of the exact time and date when the contract was signed by the
			 purchaser;
(2) a clear statement of
			 the exact time and date when the purchaser received a copy of the sales
			 prospectus;
(3) a clear statement
			 notifying the purchaser that if the purchaser did not receive a copy of the
			 sales prospectus more than seventy-two hours in advance of the time the
			 contract was signed, then the purchaser has the power to revoke the contract by
			 communicating such revocation to the seller within seventy-two hours of the
			 last occurring of the following events;
(A)
			 the time the purchaser signed the contract or agreement,
(B) the time the purchaser received the sales
			 prospectus;
(4) the
			 broker's residence and office address, and electronic mail address, and an
			 affirmation that the transmittal of the revocation to any of these addresses or
			 numbers shall be sufficient to effect the revocation.