2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - Professions and Occupations
RS 37:1449 - Broker to insure provision of contract; retention of records

§1449. Broker to insure provision of contract; retention of records

            A. Licensees acting in the capacity of an agent or subagent, and registrants shall insure that their respective principal party signing any document in a real estate transaction is provided a copy of the document immediately after the signing of the document.

            B. Licensees and registrants shall insure that persons signing any document in a real estate transaction that pertains to more than one party are provided with a copy of the completed document bearing the signatures of all parties to the transaction within five days after the final signature is affixed to the document.

            C. Written agreements for the sale or management of real estate shall specify a definite expiration date that shall not be subject to qualifying terms or conditions.

            D.(1) Individual real estate brokers shall retain all of the following records, readily available and properly indexed, for a period of five years:

            (a) Bank statements, copies of deposit slips, and cancelled checks on all escrow or trust accounts.

            (b) Copies of all documents that pertain in any way to real estate transactions wherein the individual real estate broker or licensees sponsored by the individual real estate broker have appeared in a licensing capacity.

            (2) The requirement regarding copies shall not be altered by the transfer of a broker to that of an associate broker, an unlicensed person, or an inactive licensee.

            E.(1) Partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations, or other legal entities, foreign or domestic, and real estate brokers shall retain the following records, readily available and properly indexed, for a period of five years:

            (a) Bank statements, copies of deposit slips, and cancelled checks on all escrow or trust accounts.

            (b) Copies of all documents that pertain in any way to real estate transactions wherein the partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic, the designated qualifying broker, or licensees sponsored by same, have appeared in a licensing capacity.

            (2) This requirement, regarding copies, shall not be altered by the partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, or other legal entity, foreign or domestic, transferring the broker license to the inactive status or failure to renew such license.

            Acts 1978, No. 514, §1; Acts 1984, No. 943, §4, eff. July 20, 1984; Acts 1989, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 642, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1207, §1; Acts 1997, No. 845, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1123, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2016, No. 533, §1.