(a) Unless notification is provided to the commission prior to the expiration date or deactivation date of the supervising broker‘s or branch broker‘s license that another broker will act as the supervising broker or branch broker, the supervising broker or branch broker whose license expires or is deactivated, on or before the expiration date or deactivation date of the license, shall advise all clients and customers that the supervising broker or branch broker and any licensees that are employed by or associated with the supervising broker or branch broker will be unable to perform the terms and conditions contained in the listing or brokerage agreement with the client or customer after the expiration or deactivation of the supervising broker’s or branch broker’s license. Upon receipt of notice from the supervising broker or branch broker or the expiration date or deactivation date of the supervising broker’s or branch broker’s license, whichever is earlier, the client or customer may enter into a listing or brokerage agreement with another broker of their choice.

(b) Unless the commission notifies the supervising broker or branch broker in writing that the commission has authorized another broker to act as the supervising broker or branch broker during the period of suspension, deactivation or revocation, the supervising broker or branch broker whose license is suspended, deactivated or revoked, within five calendar days after the effective date of the order of suspension, deactivation or revocation, shall advise all clients and customers that the supervising broker or branch broker and any licensees that are employed by or associated with the supervising broker or branch broker will be unable to perform the terms and conditions contained in the listing or brokerage agreement with the client or customer after the effective date of the suspension, deactivation or revocation. Upon receipt of notice from the supervising broker or branch broker, or upon the effective date of the order of suspension, deactivation or revocation if notice is not properly given, the client or customer may enter into a listing or brokerage agreement with another broker of their choice.

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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-3083

  • Act: means the real estate brokers' and salespersons' license act. See Kansas Statutes 58-3035
  • Branch broker: means an individual who has a broker's license and who has been designated to supervise a branch office and the activities of salespersons and associate brokers assigned to the branch office. See Kansas Statutes 58-3035
  • Broker: means an individual, other than a salesperson, who advertises or represents that such individual engages in the business of buying, selling, exchanging or leasing real estate or who, for compensation, engages in any of the following activities as an employee of, or on behalf of, the owner, purchaser, lessor or lessee of real estate:

    (1) Sells, exchanges, purchases or leases real estate. See Kansas Statutes 58-3035

  • Client: means a seller, landlord, buyer or tenant who has an agency with a broker. See Kansas Statutes 58-30,102
  • Commission: means the Kansas real estate commission. See Kansas Statutes 58-3035
  • Customer: means a seller, landlord, buyer or tenant in a real estate transaction in which a broker is involved but who has not entered into an agency with the broker. See Kansas Statutes 58-30,102
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Real estate: means any interest or estate in land, including any leasehold or condominium, whether corporeal, incorporeal, freehold or nonfreehold and whether the real estate is situated in this state or elsewhere, but does not include oil and gas leases, royalties and other mineral interests, and rights of way and easements acquired for the purpose of constructing roadways, pipelines, conduits, wires and facilities related to these types of improvement projects for private and public utilities, municipalities, federal and state governments, or any political subdivision. See Kansas Statutes 58-3035
  • Supervising broker: means an individual, other than a branch broker, who has a broker's license and who has been designated as the broker who is responsible for the supervision of the primary office of a broker and the activities of salespersons and associate brokers who are assigned to such office and all of whom are licensed pursuant to subsection (b) of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 58-3035

(c) A supervising broker or branch broker whose license expires or is suspended, deactivated or revoked may not sell or assign listings and brokerage agreements to another broker without the written consent of the owner of the property, and any sale or assignment of a listing or brokerage agreement must be completed prior to the expiration of the supervising broker’s or branch broker’s license or the effective date of the order of suspension, deactivation or revocation.

(d) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas real estate brokers’ and salespersons’ license act.