(1) The term “real estate broker” within the meaning of this chapter includes all persons, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations and corporations, foreign and domestic, who for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or who with the intention or expectation of receiving or collecting the same, perform any of the following activities:(a) List to sell, purchase, exchange, rent, lease, manage or auction any real estate, or the improvements thereon, including options;(b) Sell, purchase, exchange, rent, lease, manage or auction any real estate, or the improvements thereon, including options;(c) Negotiate or attempt to negotiate any activity described in this subsection (1);(d) Advertise or hold themselves out as engaged in any activity described in this subsection (1);(e) Sell real estate on behalf of the owner or owners thereof, or parts thereof, in lots or other parcels, including timesharing and condominiums; or(f) Sell, exchange or lease, or offer or attempt or agree to negotiate the sale, exchange or lease of, any lot or parcel of real estate on behalf of the owner or owners thereof.
(a) List to sell, purchase, exchange, rent, lease, manage or auction any real estate, or the improvements thereon, including options;
(b) Sell, purchase, exchange, rent, lease, manage or auction any real estate, or the improvements thereon, including options;
(c) Negotiate or attempt to negotiate any activity described in this subsection (1);
(d) Advertise or hold themselves out as engaged in any activity described in this subsection (1);
(e) Sell real estate on behalf of the owner or owners thereof, or parts thereof, in lots or other parcels, including timesharing and condominiums; or
(f) Sell, exchange or lease, or offer or attempt or agree to negotiate the sale, exchange or lease of, any lot or parcel of real estate on behalf of the owner or owners thereof.
(2) The term “real estate” as used in this chapter includes leaseholds as well as any and every interest or estate in land, including timesharing and condominiums, whether corporeal or incorporeal, freehold or nonfreehold, and whether said property is situated in this state or elsewhere; provided, however, that the term “real estate” as used in this chapter shall not include oil, gas or mineral leases, nor shall it include any other mineral leasehold, mineral estate or mineral interest of any nature whatsoever.
(3) One (1) act in consideration of or with the expectation or intention of, or upon the promise of, receiving compensation, by fee, commission or otherwise, in the performance of any act or activity contained in subsection (1) of this section, shall constitute such person, partnership, association or corporation a real estate broker and make him, them or it subject to the provisions and requirements of this chapter.
(4) The term “brokerage agreement” means a specific written agreement between a real estate broker and a consumer which establishes a brokerage relationship. The brokerage agreement shall contain a statement of the terms and conditions of the brokerage services to be provided, including any compensation to be paid to or through the company.
(5) The term “real estate salesperson” means and includes any person employed or engaged by, or associated as an independent contractor with, or on behalf of, a licensed real estate broker to do or deal in any activity as included or comprehended by the definition of a real estate broker in subsection (1) of this section, for compensation or otherwise.
(6) The term “automated valuation method” means any computerized model used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers to determine the collateral worth of a mortgage secured by a consumer’s principal dwelling.
(7) The term “broker price opinion” means an estimate prepared by a real estate broker, agent, or salesperson that details the probable selling price of a particular piece of real estate property and provides a varying level of detail about the property’s condition, market, and neighborhood, and information on comparable sales, but does not include an automated valuation model.
(8) Exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter shall be any person, partnership, association or corporation, who, as a bona fide owner, shall perform any aforesaid act with reference to property owned by them, or to the regular employees thereof who are on a stated salary, where such acts are performed in the regular course of business.
(9) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:(a) Attorneys at law in the performance of primary or incidental duties as such attorneys at law.(b) Any person holding in good faith a duly executed power of attorney from the owner, authorizing the final consummation and execution for the sale, purchase, leasing or exchange of real estate.(c) The acts of any person while acting as a receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, guardian or under court order, or while acting under authority of a deed of trust or will.(d) Public officers while performing their duties as such.(e) Anyone dealing exclusively in oil and gas leases and mineral rights.
(a) Attorneys at law in the performance of primary or incidental duties as such attorneys at law.
(b) Any person holding in good faith a duly executed power of attorney from the owner, authorizing the final consummation and execution for the sale, purchase, leasing or exchange of real estate.
(c) The acts of any person while acting as a receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, guardian or under court order, or while acting under authority of a deed of trust or will.
(d) Public officers while performing their duties as such.
(e) Anyone dealing exclusively in oil and gas leases and mineral rights.
(10) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit life insurance companies and their representatives from negotiating or attempting to negotiate loans secured by mortgages on real estate, nor shall these companies or their representatives be required to qualify as real estate brokers or agents under this chapter.
(11) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the activities of mortgagees approved by the Federal Housing Administration or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, banks chartered under the laws of the State of Mississippi or the United States, savings and loan associations chartered under the laws of the State of Mississippi or the United States, licensees under the Small Loan Regulatory Law, being Sections 75-67-101 through 75-67-139, and under the Small Loan Privilege Tax Law, being Sections 75-67-201 through 75-67-247, small business investment companies licensed by the Small Business Administration and chartered under the laws of the State of Mississippi, or any of their affiliates and subsidiaries, related to the making of a loan secured by a lien on real estate or to the disposing of real estate acquired by foreclosure or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise held as security. No director, officer or employee of any such financial institution shall be required to qualify as a real estate broker or agent under this chapter when engaged in the aforesaid activities for and on behalf of such financial institution.