Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-311. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Advertising” (A) means disseminating, publishing or causing to be posted by way of any (i) print media, including, but not limited to, outdoor signage and periodicals, (ii) audio or vid…

Sec. 20-311a. Real Estate Commission. (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Protection the Connecticut Real Estate Commission. (b) The commission shall consist of eight persons, electors of the state, appointed by the Governor. Three of the members shall be at the ti…

Sec. 20-311b. Duties of commission. (a) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the commission shall meet in the city of Hartford for the purpose of organizing by selecting such officers other than a chairperson as the commission may deem necess…

Sec. 20-311c. Executive director. Expenses of commission members. Records. Section 20-311c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 460, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 718, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 128, 221, 610; P.A. 80-205, S. 5.)

Sec. 20-311d. Bond for chairperson. The chairperson of the commission shall be bonded under the provisions of section 4-20, in such sum as the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may prescribe, with the condition that the chairperson faithfully perform the duties of the off…

Sec. 20-311e. Deposit of fees. The commission shall deposit all moneys received by it from fees in accordance with the provisions of this chapter with the State Treasurer, and they shall, except as to that portion thereof required to be paid over to The University of Connecticut …

Sec. 20-311f. Arbitration of disputes between brokers or salespersons. The commission shall have the power to act as a board of arbitration to consider and decide any dispute over commissions arising between brokers or salespersons that is voluntarily submitted to the commission …

Sec. 20-312. License required. Imposition of fine. Teams. (a) No person shall act as a real estate licensee without a license issued by the commission or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, unless exempt under this chapter. The commissioner may enter into any contract for th…

Sec. 20-312a. Liability of brokers for salespersons affiliated as independent contractors. In any action brought by a third party against a real estate salesperson affiliated with a real estate broker as an independent contractor, such broker shall be liable to the same extent as…

Sec. 20-312b. Real estate licensees not deemed “employees” under section 31-275. A real estate licensee shall not be considered an employee under the provisions of section 31-275 if substantially all of the remuneration for the services performed by such real estate licensee, whe…

Sec. 20-312c. Associate brokers and supervising licensees. (a) No associate broker shall engage in the real estate business unless the supervising licensee that is responsible for controlling and supervising the associate broker (1) knows that such associate broker is engaging in…

Sec. 20-313. Application for license. Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed in this chapter, and in any regulations adopted under this chapter, who desires to engage in the real estate business shall apply, in writing, as provided in this chapter, to the commission …

Sec. 20-314. License qualifications. Examinations. Renewals. Fees. Reinstatement. Hearings. (a) Licenses shall be granted under this chapter only to persons who bear a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness and fair dealing and who are competent to transact the business of a r…

Sec. 20-314a. Regulations concerning approval of schools, courses and advertising. Exemption from experience requirement for certain applicants. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt regulations, in accordance wit…

Sec. 20-314b. Validity of license. Any person licensed under this chapter shall be permitted to perform the work covered by such license in any municipality of this state without further examination or licensing by such municipality. (P.A. 78-63, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-229, S. 7, 19; P…

Sec. 20-314c. Real estate student intern program. Application. Exemption from license requirements while enrolled in intern program. Section 20-314c is repealed, effective January 1, 2018. (P.A. 79-74, S. 1; P.A. 80-104; P.A. 98-10, S. 10; P.A. 03-71, S. 2; P.A. 17-75, S. 5.)

Sec. 20-314d. Schools offering prelicensing or continuing education. Registration. Fees. Instructions. (a)(1) A school shall register with the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, prior to offering any prelicensing or continuing …

Sec. 20-314e. Courses of prelicensing or continuing education. Registration. Fees. (a) Each school that is registered with the department pursuant to section 20-314d shall register with the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, ea…

Sec. 20-315. Bond. Section 20-315 is repealed. (1953, S. 2344d; 1969, P.A. 525, S. 11.)

Sec. 20-316. Grounds for refusal of license. (a) The commission or Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall not deny a license under this chapter to any applicant who has been convicted of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, extortion, criminal conspira…

Sec. 20-317. Persons licensed in another state as a real estate licensee. Requirements for Connecticut license. (a) A person licensed in another state to engage in the real estate business may become a real estate licensee in this state by conforming to all of the provisions of t…

Sec. 20-318. Certificate. The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue to each licensee under this chapter a license certificate in such size and form as the department determines. (1953, S. 2347d; P.A. 81-361, S. 21, 39; P.A. 90-332, S. 11, 32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S.…

Sec. 20-319. Disclosures re representation, agency relationships, confidentiality and fair housing. Regulations. Fee. (a) The commission shall authorize the department to issue a two-year renewal license to any applicant who possesses the qualifications specified in, and has othe…

Sec. 20-319a. Change of salesperson's or associate broker's employment or affiliation. Change or transfer of team's registration. Fees. (a) Each licensed real estate salesperson or associate broker who transfers such real estate salesperson's or associate broker's affiliation wit…

Sec. 20-320. Suspension or revocation of license or registration. Fines. (a) The department may investigate the actions of any person who engages in the real estate business or offers real estate courses within this state. The commission or department may temporarily suspend or p…

Sec. 20-320a. Paid referral of any buyer of real property to an attorney, mortgage broker or lender prohibited. No real estate licensee, no person affiliated with a real estate licensee, and no person engaging in the real estate business may receive a fee, commission or other for…

Sec. 20-320b. Prohibition against influencing real estate appraisals. Violation, penalty. (a) A real estate licensee shall not influence residential real estate appraisals. (b) Violations of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the actions and penalties set forth in…

Sec. 20-321. Notice and hearing. Before refusing, suspending or revoking any license or imposing any fine under this chapter, the commission shall give notice and afford an opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. …

Sec. 20-322. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commission may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (1953, S. 2350d; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 16; P.A. 76-436, S. 435, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 82, 125; 77-614, S. 229, 610; P.A. 90-332, S. 16, …

Sec. 20-323. Revocation of license upon conviction of crime. Any real estate licensee under this chapter who is convicted of a violation of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 20-320 may incur a forfeiture of such real estate licensee's …

Sec. 20-324. Misrepresentation; penalty. Any person wilfully misrepresenting any fact required to be disclosed in any application or in any other form, paper or document required to be filed with the commission in connection with an application for a license under this chapter sh…

Sec. 20-324a. Real Estate Guaranty Fund. The commission shall establish and maintain a Real Estate Guaranty Fund from which, subject to the provisions of this section and sections 20-324b to 20-324i, inclusive, any person aggrieved by any action of a real estate licensee, duly li…

Sec. 20-324b. Fee payable to fund. Each real estate licensee shall, upon application for a license under this chapter, pay an additional one-time fee of twenty dollars in addition to all other fees payable, which additional fee shall be credited to the Real Estate Guaranty Fund. …

Sec. 20-324c. Level of guaranty fund. Credits to guaranty fund and General Fund. The commission shall maintain the Real Estate Guaranty Fund at a level not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars and to this intent moneys received under section 20-324b shall be credited to said f…

Sec. 20-324d. Limitation of actions. No application to recover compensation under sections 20-324a to 20-324i, inclusive, which might subsequently result in an order for collection from the Real Estate Guaranty Fund shall be brought later than two years from the final determinati…

Sec. 20-324e. Procedure. (a) When any aggrieved person commences any action for a judgment which may result in collection from the Real Estate Guaranty Fund, the aggrieved person shall notify the commission or department in writing to this effect at the time of the commencement o…

Sec. 20-324f. Penalty for false or untrue claim. Any person filing with the commission any notice, statement or other document required under the provisions of section 20-324e which is false or untrue or contains any material misstatement of fact shall be fined not less than two …

Sec. 20-324g. Procedure for commission. When the commission receives notice, as provided in section 20-324e, it may enter an appearance, file an answer, appear at the court hearing, defend the action or take whatever other action the commission may deem appropriate on the behalf …

Sec. 20-324h. Payment from guaranty fund. When the commission has caused to be paid from the Real Estate Guaranty Fund any sum to the judgment creditor, the commission shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the judgment creditor up to the amount paid, and the judgment credit…

Sec. 20-324i. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 20-324a to 20-324h, inclusive. (1969, P.A. 525, S. 9; P.A. 77-614, S…

Sec. 20-324j. Appeal of commission decision, order or regulation. Section 20-324j is repealed, effective April 1, 2024. (1969, P.A. 525, S. 10; P.A. 90-332, S. 25, 32; P.A. 98-10, S. 31; P.A. 23-84, S. 44.) Cited. 192 C. 439.

Sec. 20-324k. Brokers to maintain escrow or trust account for certain moneys held. Disputed deposits. (a) Each broker licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who in the course of his real estate business receives, accepts and holds any moneys on behalf of any principal, cl…

Sec. 20-324l. Leasing agents. No leasing agent shall engage in the real estate business except for leasing or renting real property that is exclusively used for residential occupancy. Leasing agents shall not engage in any activity that requires a real estate broker's or real est…

Sec. 20-325. Engaging in real estate business without license. Any person who engages in the real estate business without obtaining a license as provided in this chapter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars per violation or imprisoned not more than six months or both…

Sec. 20-325a. Actions to recover commissions arising out of real estate transactions. Real estate broker's lien for real property. Claim for lien. Provisions re commercial real estate transactions. (a) Except for an out-of-state real estate licensee who is an individual and seeki…

Sec. 20-325b. Certain real estate agreements to contain notice regarding commissions. Requirements. Each written agreement which fixes the compensation to be paid to a real estate broker for the sale, lease or purchase of real property shall contain the following statement in not…

Sec. 20-325c. Real estate licensee acting as mortgage broker. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no real estate licensee, and no person affiliated with such real estate licensee, who receives a fee, commission or other valuable consideration for the sale o…

Sec. 20-325d. Disclosures re representation, agency relationships, confidentiality and fair housing. Regulations. (a) A real estate licensee who represents a seller, lessor, prospective purchaser or lessee in a real estate transaction shall, upon request, disclose in writing the …

Sec. 20-325e. Hearings re real property claims for liens. Foreclosures. Judicial intervention. (a) Whenever one or more real property claims for liens are placed upon any real estate pursuant to section 20-325a, the owner of the real estate, if no action to foreclose the claim is…

Sec. 20-325f. Prohibitions on real estate broker subagency. No real estate broker shall make any unilateral offer of subagency or agree to compensate, appoint, employ, cooperate with or otherwise affiliate with a subagent for the sale or purchase of real property. (P.A. 96-159, S…