§ 18.85.011 Definitions
§ 18.85.021 Real estate commission created — Qualifications, terms, appointment of members — Vacancies
§ 18.85.025 Commission — Compensation and travel expenses — Frequency of meetings
§ 18.85.031 Commission — Educational conferences — Examinations of applicants for licenses
§ 18.85.035 Commission — Home inspector referrals — Procedures
§ 18.85.041 Director — General powers and duties
§ 18.85.045 Director’s seal
§ 18.85.051 Publication of chapter — Distribution
§ 18.85.053 Controlling interest in a real estate business — Prohibited practices
§ 18.85.061 License fees — Real estate commission account
§ 18.85.065 Employees
§ 18.85.075 Director and employees business interest prohibited
§ 18.85.081 Licensure of town, city, or county employees conducting real estate transactions
§ 18.85.091 Firm license — Requirements
§ 18.85.101 Broker’s license — Requirements — Renewal
§ 18.85.111 Managing broker’s license — Requirements — Renewal
§ 18.85.121 Designated brokers — Registration — Endorsements
§ 18.85.131 Out-of-state licensees — Requirements in lieu of licensing
§ 18.85.141 Substitution of educational requirements — Rules
§ 18.85.151 Exemptions from licensing
§ 18.85.171 Applications — Conditions — Fees
§ 18.85.181 Examinations — Sample questions — Scope — Moneys from sale
§ 18.85.191 License fees — Expiration — Renewal — Identification cards — Background checks
§ 18.85.201 Responsibility for conduct of subordinates
§ 18.85.211 Licenses — Renewal — Continuing education
§ 18.85.221 Licenses — Names — Restrictions as to use
§ 18.85.231 Licenses — Office or records depositories required — Record maintenance and production
§ 18.85.241 Licenses — Branch office
§ 18.85.255 Licenses — Change of location
§ 18.85.265 Inactive licenses
§ 18.85.275 Designated broker or managing broker — Authority and duties
§ 18.85.285 Transactions and recordkeeping — Trust accounts — Requirements
§ 18.85.291 Brokers and managing brokers — Termination of affiliation with firm — Notice
§ 18.85.301 Sharing commissions
§ 18.85.311 Distribution of interest from brokers’ trust accounts
§ 18.85.321 Real estate education program account
§ 18.85.331 License required — Prerequisite to suit for commission
§ 18.85.351 License suspension — Noncompliance with support order — Reissuance
§ 18.85.361 Disciplinary action — Grounds
§ 18.85.370 Disciplinary action — Director’s delegation of authority
§ 18.85.380 Disciplinary action — Hearing — Conduct of
§ 18.85.390 Disciplinary action — Order — Appeal
§ 18.85.401 Appeal — Transcript — Cost
§ 18.85.411 Violations — Penalty
§ 18.85.420 Attorney general as legal advisor
§ 18.85.430 Enforcement provisions
§ 18.85.440 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
§ 18.85.451 Fee assessed
§ 18.85.461 Washington real estate research account — Creation
§ 18.85.471 Real estate research center — Purpose
§ 18.85.481 Changes in licensing categories — Effect on status of proceedings, existing rules, forms, and licenses
§ 18.85.490 Military training or experience
§ 18.85.930 Effective date — 2008 c 23
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 18.85 - Real estate brokers and managing brokers

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