Tex. Occ. Code § 1101.552 · Subchapter L. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
FIXED OFFICE REQUIRED; CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A resident broker shall maintain a fixed office in this state. The address of the office shall be designated on the broker's license.
(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date a broker moves from the address designated on the broker's license, the broker shall submit an application, accompanied by the appropriate fee, for a license that designates the new location of the broker's office. The commission shall issue a license that designates the new location if the new location complies with the requirements of this section.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 334 (S.B. 624), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2019.
(d) A nonresident licensed broker is not required to maintain a place of business in this state.
(e) A license holder shall provide the commission with:
(1) the license holder's current:
(A) mailing address;
(B) business address;
(C) business telephone number; and
(D) business e-mail address; and
(2) if the license holder is an associated broker, the name of the broker with whom the license holder is associated.
(f) A license holder shall notify the commission of a change in the information described by Subsection (e).
(g) In this section, "associated broker" means a broker who associates with and is paid through another broker under a relationship that is intended to be a continuous relationship, including as an employee or an ongoing independent contractor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 55, eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 334 (S.B. 624), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 334 (S.B. 624), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (S.B. 1968), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
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- 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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- 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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