For the purposes of this chapter, "real estate salesperson" means any individual, or business entity, who for compensation or valuable consideration is employed either directly or indirectly by, or affiliated as an independent contractor with, a real estate broker, to sell or offer to sell, or to buy or offer to buy, or to negotiate the purchase, sale or exchange of real estate, or to lease, rent or offer for rent any real estate, or to negotiate leases thereof, or of the improvements thereon.
Code 1950, § 54-731; 1974, c. 685; 1978, c. 138; 1984, c. 201; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 84; 1996, c. 993; 2018, cc. 223, 224.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 21 - Real Estate Brokers, Sales Persons and Rental Location Agents
§ 54.1-2101. Real estate salesperson defined
§ 54.1-2101.1. Preparation of real estate contracts by real estate licensees; translation
§ 54.1-2103. Exemptions from chapter
§ 54.1-2104. Real Estate Board; membership; chairman; seal
§ 54.1-2105.01. Educational requirements for all salespersons within one year of licensure
§ 54.1-2105.02. Regulation of real estate education providers and courses
§ 54.1-2105.03. Continuing education; relicensure of brokers and salespersons
§ 54.1-2105.04. Education requirements; reactivation of licenses; waiver
§ 54.1-2105.1. (Effective until January 1, 2023) Other powers and duties of the Real Estate Board
§ 54.1-2105.1. (Effective January 1, 2023) Other powers and duties of the Real Estate Board
§ 54.1-2105.2. Cease and desist orders for unlicensed activity; civil penalty
§ 54.1-2106.1. Licenses required
§ 54.1-2106.2. Certification of audit on renewal of firm or sole proprietorship license
§ 54.1-2107. Certain action to constitute real estate broker or salesperson
§ 54.1-2108. Protection of escrow funds, etc., held by broker
§ 54.1-2109. (Effective until January 1, 2023) Death or disability of a real estate broker
§ 54.1-2109. (Effective January 1, 2023) Death or disability of a real estate broker
§ 54.1-2110. Resident broker to maintain place of business in Virginia
§ 54.1-2110.1. Duties of supervising broker
§ 54.1-2111. Consent to suits and service of process by nonresidents; manner of service
§ 54.1-2111.1. Voluntary compliance program; real estate brokers
§ 54.1-2113. Establishment and maintenance of fund, duty of Director, assessments of regulants
§ 54.1-2114. Recovery from fund generally
§ 54.1-2116. Limitations upon recovery from fund; certain actions not a bar to recovery
§ 54.1-2117. Participation by Board in proceedings
§ 54.1-2118. Payment of claim; assignment of claimant's rights to Board
§ 54.1-2119. Revocation of license of regulant upon payment from fund
§ 54.1-2120. No waiver by Board of disciplinary action against regulant
§ 54.1-2131. Licensees engaged by sellers
§ 54.1-2132. Licensees engaged by buyers
§ 54.1-2133. Licensees engaged by landlords to lease property
§ 54.1-2134. Licensees engaged by tenants
§ 54.1-2135. Licensees engaged to manage real estate
§ 54.1-2136. Preconditions to brokerage relationship
§ 54.1-2137. Commencement and termination of brokerage relationships
§ 54.1-2138. Disclosure of brokerage relationship in residential real estate transactions
§ 54.1-2138.2. Duty to disclose ownership interest in specific real property
§ 54.1-2140. Compensation shall not imply brokerage relationship
§ 54.1-2141. Brokerage relationship not created by using common source information company
§ 54.1-2142. Liability; knowledge not to be imputed
§ 54.1-2142.1. Liability for false information
§ 54.1-2143. Real estate board regulations to be consistent
§ 54.1-2144. Common law abrogated