2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 57 - REAL ESTATE BROKERS, SALESMEN, AND PROPERTY MANAGERS
Section 40-57-220. Acting as a real estate professional without license; failure to renew or register license; penalties.
(A) It is unlawful for a person to act as a real estate broker, real estate salesman, or property manager or to advertise or assume to act as such without first having obtained a license issued by the Real Estate Commission. A person violating this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(B) A real estate broker, salesman, or property manager who fails to renew or register his license annually and continues to engage in such business is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 24, Section 1.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws:1956 (49) 2046; 1962 Code Section 56-1545.23; 1986 Act No. 353, Section 13; 1991 Act No. 12, Section 11; 1976 Code Section 40-57-240.
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