(a) No licensed real estate broker shall be required to pay a referral fee or commission when reasonable cause for payment does not exist.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-27-101

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) No third party shall knowingly interfere with the real estate brokerage relationship of a real estate licensee.
(c) Any person aggrieved by a violation of any provision of this article may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The damages recoverable in such an action shall be actual damages and, in addition, the court may award an amount up to three times the amount of actual damages sustained as a result of any violation of this article, plus reasonable attorney fees and expenses.
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