(a) Every applicant for issuance of a real estate license, registration, or certificate under this chapter shall file an application with the commission in a form and setting forth the information as may be prescribed or required by the commission, and shall furnish any additional information bearing upon the issuance of the license, registration, and certificate as it requires. In the case of a partnership or corporation, any general partner or officer thereof may sign the application on behalf of the applicant. The commission may prescribe deadlines for the submission of applications.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 467-9

  • Commission: means the real estate commission of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Real estate: means and includes lands, the improvements thereon, leaseholds, and all other interests in real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467-1
  • Real estate broker: means any person who, for compensation or a valuable consideration, sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of real estate, or lists, or solicits for prospective purchasers, or who leases or offers to lease, or rents or offers to rent, or manages or offers to manage, any real estate, or the improvements thereon, for others, as a whole or partial vocation; or who secures, receives, takes, or accepts, and sells or offers to sell, any option on real estate without the exercise by the person of the option and for the purpose or as a means of evading the licensing requirement of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467-1
  • Real estate salesperson: means any individual who, for a compensation or valuable consideration, is employed either directly or indirectly by a real estate broker, or is an independent contractor in association with a real estate broker, to sell or offer to sell, buy or offer to buy, or list, or solicit for prospective purchasers, or who leases or offers to lease, or rents or offers to rent, or manages or offers to manage, any real estate, or the improvements thereon, for others as a whole or partial vocation; or who secures, receives, takes, or accepts, and sells or offers to sell, any option on real estate without the exercise by the individual of the option and for the purpose or as a means of evading the licensing requirements of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467-1
(b) Unless approved by the commission, no real estate broker‘s license shall be issued under or changed to any trade name, corporate name, or partnership name which contains the name, part of the name, initials, or nickname of:

(1) An unlicensed person;
(2) A real estate salesperson; or
(3) A real estate broker whose real estate license is not associated with or employed by the subject real estate broker applicant.

A real estate broker’s license name includes any trade name approved by the commission.

(c) A real estate broker’s license shall be placed on an inactive status unless the real estate broker immediately changes its name, trade name, corporate name, or partnership name that contains the name, part of the name, initials, or nickname of:

(1) A real estate licensee who is no longer associated with or employed by the subject real estate broker, except in the case of incapacitating disability or death of the real estate licensee where written authorization is obtained from the real estate licensee or legal representative of the licensee permitting use of the name; or
(2) A real estate licensee who is no longer a current active real estate licensee due to revocation, termination, forfeiture, surrender, or inactive status.

The changes shall comply with this chapter and the rules of the commission.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a real estate broker’s license name may include the name of a franchise registered with the business registration division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

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