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1998 Florida Statutes
                        PART I
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, SALESPERSONS, AND SCHOOLS
(ss. 475.001-475.5018)
    
    REAL ESTATE BROKERS, SALESPERSONS, AND SCHOOLS
(ss. 475.001-475.5018)
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, SALESPERSONS, AND SCHOOLS
                        475.001
                        
                    Purpose. 
                    
                        475.01
                        
                    Definitions. 
                    
                        475.011
                        
                    Exemptions. 
                    
                        475.02
                        
                    Florida Real Estate Commission. 
                    
                        475.021
                        
                    Division of Real Estate. 
                    
                        475.03
                        
                    Delegation of powers and duties; legal services. 
                    
                        475.04
                        
                    Duty of commission to educate members of profession. 
                    
                        475.045
                        
                    Florida Real Estate Commission Education and Research Foundation; Foundation Advisory Committee. 
                    
                        475.05
                        
                    Power of commission to enact bylaws and rules and decide questions of practice. 
                    
                        475.10
                        
                    Seal. 
                    
                        475.125
                        
                    Fees. 
                    
                        475.15
                        
                    Registration and licensing of general partners, members, officers, and directors of a firm. 
                    
                        475.17
                        
                    Qualifications for practice. 
                    
                        475.175
                        
                    Examinations. 
                    
                        475.180
                        
                    Nonresident licenses. 
                    
                        475.181
                        
                    Licensure. 
                    
                        475.182
                        
                    Renewal of license; continuing education. 
                    
                        475.183
                        
                    Inactive status. 
                    
                        475.215
                        
                    Multiple licenses. 
                    
                        475.22
                        
                    Broker to maintain office and sign at entrance of office; registered office outside state; broker required to cooperate in investigation. 
                    
                        475.23
                        
                    License to expire on change of address. 
                    
                        475.24
                        
                    Branch office; fees. 
                    
                        475.25
                        
                    Discipline. 
                    
                        475.255
                        
                    Determination of agency or transactional brokerage relationship. 
                    
                        475.2701
                        
                    Short title. 
                    
                        475.272
                        
                    Purpose. 
                    
                        475.274
                        
                    Scope of coverage. 
                    
                        475.2755
                        
                    Designated salesperson. 
                    
                        475.276
                        
                    Notice of nonrepresentation. 
                    
                        475.278
                        
                    Authorized brokerage relationships; required disclosures. 
                    
                        475.28
                        
                    Rules of evidence. 
                    
                        475.2801
                        
                    Rules. 
                    
                        475.31
                        
                    Final orders. 
                    
                        475.37
                        
                    Effect of reversal of order of court or commission. 
                    
                        475.38
                        
                    Payment of costs. 
                    
                        475.41
                        
                    Contracts of unlicensed person for commissions invalid. 
                    
                        475.42
                        
                    Violations and penalties. 
                    
                        475.421
                        
                    Publication of false or misleading information; promotion of sales, leases, rentals; penalty. 
                    
                        475.422
                        
                    Disclosure. 
                    
                        475.43
                        
                    Presumptions. 
                    
                        475.451
                        
                    Schools teaching real estate practice. 
                    
                        475.4511
                        
                    Advertising by real estate schools. 
                    
                        475.452
                        
                    Advance fees; deposit; accounting; penalty; damages. 
                    
                        475.453
                        
                    Rental information; contract or receipt; refund; penalty. 
                    
                        475.455
                        
                    Exchange of disciplinary information. 
                    
                        475.482
                        
                    Real Estate Recovery Fund. 
                    
                        475.483
                        
                    Conditions for recovery; eligibility. 
                    
                        475.4835
                        
                    Commission powers upon notification of commencement of action. 
                    
                        475.484
                        
                    Payment from the fund. 
                    
                        475.485
                        
                    Investment of the fund. 
                    
                        475.486
                        
                    Rules; violations. 
                    
                        475.5015
                        
                    Brokerage business records. 
                    
                        475.5016
                        
                    Authority to inspect and audit. 
                    
                        475.5017
                        
                    Injunctive relief; powers. 
                    
                        475.5018
                        
            Facsimile signatures or writing accepted.