2020 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 13 - Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973
Part 6 - Agency Contracts and Referral Fees
§ 62-13-603. Unlawful Referral Solicitation — Unlawful Retribution for Existence of Agency Relationship

Universal Citation: TN Code § 62-13-603 (2020)
  1. It is unlawful for any person or entity to:
    1. Solicit or request a referral fee from a real estate licensee without reasonable cause; or
    2. Threaten to reduce or withhold employee relocation benefits or to take other action adverse to the interests of a client of a real estate licensee because of an agency relationship.
  2. Reasonable cause allows a real estate licensee to solicit or request a referral fee but does not necessarily mean that the licensee has a legal right to be paid a referral fee.
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