When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)  "Commission" means the Idaho real estate commission.

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Terms Used In Idaho Code 55-1802

  • Commission: means the Idaho real estate commission. See Idaho Code 55-1802
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Disposition: includes sale, lease, assignment, award by lottery or any other transaction concerning a subdivision, if undertaken for gain or profit. See Idaho Code 55-1802
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, two (2) or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity. See Idaho Code 55-1802
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Time shared property: means any real property in which the use and occupancy rights are divided or proposed to be divided into more than thirteen (13) units, interests or parcels in accordance with a fixed or variable time schedule on a periodic basis that allocates the use or occupancy among the persons holding similar interests, whether such use or occupancy rights are granted by deed, contract or share certificate. See Idaho Code 55-1802
(2)  "Disposition" includes sale, lease, assignment, award by lottery or any other transaction concerning a subdivision, if undertaken for gain or profit.
(3)  "Offer" includes any inducement, solicitation or attempt to encourage a person to acquire an interest in land, if undertaken for gain or profit.
(4)  "Person" means an individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, two (2) or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity.
(5)  "Purchaser" means a person who acquires or attempts to acquire or succeeds to an interest in land.
(6)  "Subdivider" means any owner of subdivided land who offers it for disposition or the principal agent of an inactive owner.
(7)   "Subdivision" or "subdivided lands" means and includes the following:
(a)  Any land situated outside the state of Idaho that is divided or is proposed to be divided for the purpose of disposition into five (5) or more lots, parcels, units or interests and also includes any land, whether contiguous or not, if five (5) or more lots, parcels, units or interests are offered as a part of a common promotional plan of advertising and sale;
(b)  Any time shared property located within or without this state that is offered to purchasers or is proposed to be offered to purchasers.
(8)  "Time shared property" means any real property in which the use and occupancy rights are divided or proposed to be divided into more than thirteen (13) units, interests or parcels in accordance with a fixed or variable time schedule on a periodic basis that allocates the use or occupancy among the persons holding similar interests, whether such use or occupancy rights are granted by deed, contract or share certificate.