Michigan Laws 339.2507 – Discharge or termination of real estate salesperson; delivering or mailing salesperson’s license to department; application for transfer of license; communication; performing regulated acts without li
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.2507
- employment: means the relationship between a real estate broker and an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson which may include an independent contractor relationship. See Michigan Laws 339.2501
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Real estate broker: means an individual or business entity that, with intent to collect or receive a fee, compensation, or valuable consideration, sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, provides or offers to provide market analyses of, lists or offers or attempts to list, or negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of real estate; that negotiates the mortgage of real estate; that negotiates for the construction of a building on real estate; that leases or offers or rents or offers for rent real estate or the improvements on the real estate for others, as a whole or partial vocation; that engages in property management as a whole or partial vocation; that sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, leases or offers to lease, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of a business, business opportunity, or the goodwill of an existing business for others; or that, as owner or otherwise, engages in the sale of real estate as a principal vocation. See Michigan Laws 339.2501
- Real estate salesperson: means an individual who for compensation or valuable consideration is employed either directly or indirectly by a licensed real estate broker to sell or offer to sell, buy or offer to buy, provide or offer to provide market analyses of, list or offer or attempt to list, or negotiate the purchase, sale, or exchange of real estate; to negotiate the mortgage of real estate; to negotiate for the construction of a building on real estate, or to lease or offer to lease, or rent or offer for rent, real estate; who is employed by a real estate broker to engage in property management; or who sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, leases or offers to lease, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of a business, business opportunity, or the goodwill of an existing business for others, as a whole or partial vocation. See Michigan Laws 339.2501
(1) If a real estate salesperson is discharged or terminates employment with a real estate broker by giving the employer a written notice of the termination, the real estate broker shall deliver or mail by certified mail to the department, within 5 days, the real estate salesperson’s license. If a written notice of termination of employment is not served on the real estate broker by the real estate salesperson, the department shall notify the real estate broker in writing that it has received an application for a transfer of license by the real estate salesperson. As of the date of the notification, the notification shall operate as if a written notice were served by the real estate salesperson or the real estate broker.
(2) A real estate broker, at the time it delivers or mails a real estate salesperson’s license to the department under subsection (1), shall notify the real estate salesperson in writing, delivered or mailed to the last known residence address of the real estate salesperson, that advises the real estate salesperson that the real estate broker has delivered or mailed the license to the department. A copy of the communication to the real estate salesperson shall accompany the license when the license is mailed or delivered to the department.
(3) Except as provided in section 2506(5), a real estate salesperson shall not perform an act regulated by this article either directly or indirectly under authority of the license after the date of his or her termination from a real estate broker under this section.
(4) The department shall not issue more than 1 license to a real estate salesperson for the same period of time.