§ 37:1441 — Return of license or registration upon transfer or termination

Louisiana § 37:1441

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§1441. Return of license or registration upon transfer or termination
A. When the sponsorship of an associate broker or salesperson is terminated for any
reason, the terminating party shall submit a form attesting to the termination to the
commission, within five calendar days of such termination.
(1) Upon submission of a form indicating the termination of sponsorship, the license
of an associate broker or salesperson shall no longer be in force or effect, and the associate
broker or salesperson shall be prohibited from conducting real estate activities, as defined
in this Chapter, until such time as the associate broker or salesperson obtains a new
sponsoring broker.
(2) An associate broker or salesperson, whose sponsorship has been terminated, shall
be entitled to a license transfer upon submission of a form indicating the transfer to a new
broker to the commission and payment of the required fee.
B.(1) When the affiliation of a timeshare sales registrant with a registered developer
is terminated for any reason, the developer shall notify the commission in writing within five
days of such termination.
(2) Any timeshare sales registrant, whose affiliation with a registered developer has
been terminated, shall notify the commission, in writing prior to beginning an affiliation with
another registered developer.
(3) When an affiliate timeshare sales registrant is terminated by a registered
timeshare developer, such sales registration shall no longer be in force or effect, until such
time that the commission receives a written notice that the timeshare sales registrant is
affiliated with a new developer and the prescribed fees have been remitted.
C. When the association between a designated qualifying broker and a partnership,
limited liability company, association, corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic,
is terminated for any reason, the following actions shall be taken:
(1) The terminating party shall submit a copy of the letter or resignation or
termination to the commission, within five calendar days of such termination.
(2) The outgoing qualifying broker shall notify all sponsored licensees within five
calendar days of the termination, including the effective date, by certified or registered mail.
(3) Neither the licensed partnership, limited liability company, association,
corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic, nor any licensee sponsored by the
terminated qualifying broker, shall engage in any real estate activity requiring a license until
a new qualifying broker has been designated by the partnership, limited liability company,
association, corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic, and the designation has
been reflected in the files of the commission.
(4) Upon termination of a qualifying broker's association with a partnership, limited
liability company, association, corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic, such
entity shall designate a new qualifying broker and shall notify the commission by submission
of a form indicating the designation of such broker within five calendar days of the
termination.
(5) Upon designation of a new qualifying broker, the outgoing qualifying broker shall
provide custody of the licenses of all sponsored licensees to the new designated qualifying
broker.
(6) All sponsored licensees of the partnership, limited liability company, association,
corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic, shall be informed of the change in the
designation of a qualifying broker, including the effective date, by certified or registered
mail, not later than five calendar days following the effective date of the designation.

Legislative History

Acts 1978, No. 514, §1. Acts 1986, No. 839, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1207, §1; Acts 1997, No. 845, §1; Acts 2016, No. 533, §1.