§1450. Duty of licensees, registrants, and certificate holders to report legal action pertaining
to real estate activities
A. It shall be the duty of every licensee, registrant, and certificate holder to notify the
commission within ten days by registered or certified mail or by hand delivery of the
following actions:
(1) The rendering of a final judgment against him by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the subject matter of which involves a real estate transaction in which he was
acting as a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder.
(2) The institution of criminal prosecution by arrest or indictment the subject matter
of which involves a real estate transaction in which he was acting as a licensee, registrant,
or certificate holder.
(3) Any final conviction of the person by a court of competent jurisdiction for
forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy
to defraud, theft, or any other felony.
B. It shall be the duty of every licensee, registrant, and certificate holder who is the
custodian of client funds to report the institution of bankruptcy proceedings to the
commission, in writing and by registered or certified mail or hand delivery within ten days
of institution of such proceedings.
(1) Bankruptcy proceedings which shall be reported include those in which the
petitioner is named as a debtor, whether classified as voluntary or involuntary, personal,
corporate, or partnership, or which is in any way connected with the licensee's, registrant's,
or certificate holder's real estate business activities.
(2) The report to the commission shall include a listing which identifies the owner
or owners of the funds, the amount of funds held, the name of the financial institution, and
the number of the account in which the funds are deposited.
Acts 1978, No. 514, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 594, §1; Acts 1983, No. 552,
§2; Acts 1989, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1207, §1; Acts 2024, No. 644,
§1.