§ 17-42-310 - Change of name or address -- Lost license or card. - Arkansas Statutes

17-42-310. Change of name or address -- Lost license or card.

(a) (1) When a licensee changes his or her name, place of business, or address shown on the license, or loses a license or pocket card, he or she shall promptly notify the Arkansas Real Estate Commission of such a change or loss.

(2) Upon receipt of the notice and payment of the relevant fee, the commission shall reissue the license.

(b) It is the responsibility of each licensee to keep the commission notified of his or her mailing address, both home and business, at all times.

(c) The licenses of the principal broker and all licensees employed by or associated with him or her shall be retained by the principal broker and conspicuously displayed in his or her place of business.

(d) (1) Upon the termination of a licensee's employment by or association with a principal broker, the licensee shall promptly deliver his or her pocket card to the principal broker, and the principal broker shall promptly notify the commission of the termination and return to the commission the license and pocket card of the terminated licensee, which shall automatically inactivate the license.

(2) If the pocket card is unavailable, the principal broker shall promptly so notify the commission in writing.

(e) A license inactivated under this section may be transferred to another principal broker upon application of the licensee, payment of the relevant fee, and submission of a statement that he or she is not taking any listings, management contracts, appraisals, lease agreements, or copies of any such documents or any other pertinent information belonging to the licensee's previous principal broker or firm.