Tex. Occ. Code § 1101.351 · Subchapter H. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
LICENSE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless a person holds a license issued under this chapter, the person may not:
(1) act as or represent that the person is a broker or sales agent; or
(2) act as a residential rental locator.
(a-1) Unless a business entity holds a license issued under this chapter, the business entity may not act as a broker.
(b) An applicant for a broker or sales agent license may not act as a broker or sales agent until the person receives the license evidencing that authority.
(c) A licensed sales agent may not engage or attempt to engage in real estate brokerage unless the sales agent is sponsored by a licensed broker and is acting for that broker.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1064 (S.B. 747), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 29, eff. January 1, 2016.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1101.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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