Sec. 20-314. License qualifications. Examinations. Renewals. Fees. Reinstatement. Hearings.
Sec. 20-314. License qualifications. Examinations. Renewals. Fees. Reinstatement. Hearings. (a) Licenses shall be granted under this chapter only to persons who
bear a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness and fair dealing and who are competent
to transact the business of a real estate broker or real estate salesperson in such manner
as to safeguard the interests of the public.
(b) Each application for a license or for a renewal thereof shall be made in writing,
on such forms and in such manner as is prescribed by the Department of Consumer
Protection and accompanied by such evidence in support of such application as is prescribed by the commission. The commission may require such information with regard
to an applicant as the commission deems desirable, with due regard to the paramount
interests of the public, as to the honesty, truthfulness, integrity and competency of the
applicant and, where the applicant is a corporation, association or partnership, as to the
honesty, truthfulness, integrity and competency of the officers of such corporation or
the members of such association or partnership.
(c) In order to determine the competency of any applicant for a real estate broker's
license or a real estate salesperson's license the commission shall, on payment to the
commission of an application fee of sixty dollars by an applicant for a real estate broker's
license or on payment to the commission of an application fee of forty dollars by an
applicant for a real estate salesperson's license, subject such applicant to personal written
examination as to the applicant's competency to act as a real estate broker or real estate
salesperson, as the case may be. Such examination shall be prepared by the Department
of Consumer Protection or by a national testing service designated by the Commissioner
of Consumer Protection and shall be administered to applicants by the Department of
Consumer Protection or by such testing service at such times and places as the commissioner may deem necessary. The commission may waive the uniform portion of the
written examination requirement in the case of an applicant who has taken the national
testing service examination in another state within two years from the date of application
and has received a score deemed satisfactory by the commission. The Commissioner
of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establishing passing scores for examinations. In addition to such application fee, applicants
taking the examination administered by a national testing service shall be required to pay
directly to such testing service an examination fee covering the cost of such examination.
Each payment of such application fee shall entitle the applicant to take such examination
four times within the one-year period from the date of payment.
(d) (1) Each applicant for a real estate broker's license shall, before being admitted
to such examination, prove to the satisfaction of the commission: (A) (i) That the applicant has been actively engaged for at least two years as a licensed real estate salesperson
under the supervision of a licensed real estate broker in this state, (ii) that the applicant
has successfully completed a course approved by the commission in real estate principles
and practices of at least sixty classroom hours of study, (iii) that the applicant has successfully completed a course approved by the commission in real estate appraisal consisting
of at least thirty classroom hours of study, and (iv) that the applicant has successfully
completed a course approved by the commission consisting of at least thirty classroom
hours as prescribed by the commission, or (B) that the applicant has equivalent experience or education as determined by the commission.
(2) Each applicant for a real estate salesperson's license shall, before being admitted
to such examination, prove to the satisfaction of the commission (A) that the applicant
has successfully completed a course approved by the commission in real estate principles
and practices consisting of at least sixty classroom hours of study, or (B) that the applicant has equivalent experience or education as determined by the commission.
(e) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to any
renewal of a real estate broker's license, or a real estate salesperson's license issued
prior to October 1, 1973.
(f) All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire annually.
At the time of application for a real estate broker's license, there shall be paid to the
commission, for each individual applicant and for each proposed active member or
officer of a firm, partnership, association or corporation, the sum of four hundred fifty
dollars, and for the annual renewal thereof, the sum of three hundred dollars and for a
real estate salesperson's license two hundred twenty-five dollars and for the annual
renewal thereof the sum of two hundred twenty-five dollars. Three dollars of each such
annual renewal fee shall be payable to the Real Estate Guaranty Fund established pursuant to section 20-324a. If a license is not issued, the fee shall be returned. A real estate
broker's license issued to any partnership, association or corporation shall entitle the
individual designated in the application, as provided in section 20-312, upon compliance
with the terms of this chapter, but without the payment of any further fee, to perform
all of the acts of a real estate broker under this chapter on behalf of such partnership,
association or corporation. Any license which expires and is not renewed pursuant to
this subsection may be reinstated by the commission, if, not later than two years after
the date of expiration, the former licensee pays to the commission for each real estate
broker's license the sum of three hundred dollars and for each real estate salesperson's
license the sum of two hundred twenty-five dollars for each year or fraction thereof
from the date of expiration of the previous license to the date of payment for reinstatement, except that any licensee whose license expired after such licensee entered military
service shall be reinstated without payment of any fee if an application for reinstatement
is filed with the commission within two years after the date of expiration. Any such
reinstated license shall expire on the next succeeding April thirtieth.
(g) Any person whose application has been filed as provided in this section and
who is refused a license shall be given notice and afforded an opportunity for hearing
as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(1953, 1955, S. 2343d; 1959, P.A. 349, S. 1; 462, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 159; February, 1965, P.A. 621, S. 6; 1967, P.A. 445,
S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 12, S. 1; 398, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 381, S. 1; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 92; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 23; P.A. 73-163,
S. 2; 73-259, S. 3, 4; 73-616, S. 42; P.A. 77-614, S. 223, 224, 610; P.A. 80-150, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-361, S. 19, 39; P.A. 82-165; 82-422, S. 6, 14; P.A. 84-140; P.A. 85-41; 85-613, S. 54, 154; P.A 88-329, S. 6, 15; P.A. 89-251, S. 125, 203; P.A.
90-332, S. 7, 31, 32; P.A. 91-229, S. 6, 19; P.A. 93-354, S. 9, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 13, 41, 42; P.A. 96-200, S. 9; P.A. 98-10,
S. 8; P.A. 99-231, S. 2, 7; P.A. 03-14, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1;
P.A. 07-214, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts amended Subsec. (c) to provide for examination fee and waiting period for reexamination and
amended Subsec. (d) by increasing fee for broker's license from $15, doubling salesman's fee and deleting special fees
for licenses held six months or less; 1961 act amended Subsec. (c) by restating and clarifying provision allowing applicants
to take examination three times for each $5 fee paid and reducing maximum waiting period for reexamination from six to
five months; 1965 act increased broker's license fee in Subsec. (d) from $25; 1967 act amended Subsec. (c) to add prerequisites for examination and stating that provisions of Subsec. (c) do not apply to renewals of broker's licenses; 1969 acts
amended Subsec. (c) to raise application fee from $5 to $15 for broker's license and from $5 to $10 for salesman's license
and to impose extra $5 charge for second and following reexaminations and amended Subsec. (d) to reflect change from
annual to biennial renewal as of October 1, 1969, doubling fees accordingly and adding proviso re licenses which will
expire less than one year after issuance; 1971 acts deleted "and without furnishing a separate bond" in Subsec. (d) re
entitlements of partnership, corporation, etc. upon receipt of its broker's license, deleted obsolete reference to October 1,
1969, established fee differential between initial license and renewals, raising initial license fee for broker's license from
$70 to $150 and setting renewal fee of $200 and raising initial fee for salesman's license from $20 to $75 and setting
renewal fee of $150; 1972 act amended Subsec. (d) to reflect return to annual renewal, halving fees accordingly and
changing renewal date from September thirtieth to April thirtieth; P.A. 73-163 amended Subsec. (c) to require that all
prerequisites be met where previously one was required and to revise prerequisites for broker's license amending Subdiv.
(1) to require two years, rather than one year, as salesman and to delete study course of 24 hours, amending Subdiv. (2)
to require 30, rather than 24 class room hours and to delete requirement for high school diploma, amending Subdiv. (3) to
require 30, rather than 24 classroom hours in real estate "appraisal" rather than in "principles and practices" and to delete
requirement for 24 additional hours, replacing previous Subdiv. (4) now contained in Subdiv. (1) with new Subdiv. (4)
requiring 30-hour course of study, to add prerequisites for salesman's license and to exempt from provisions licenses issued
before October 1, 1973; P.A. 73-259 added proviso in Subsec. (d) covering interim period created by switch from biennial
to annual renewal; P.A. 73-616 amended Subsec. (c) to raise application fee from $5 to $15 for broker's license and from
$5 to $10 for salesman's license, reaffirming changes made in 1969 which apparently were never enacted; P.A. 77-614
clarified responsibilities for examinations dividing duties between commission and consumer protection department in
Subsec. (c) and replaced notice and hearing provisions in Subsec. (e) with statement that notice and hearing shall be as
provided in consumer protection commissioner's regulations, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-150 amended Subsec.
(c) to include provisions for alternative examinations by national testing service and to delete provision re $5 fee for second
and subsequent reexaminations; P.A. 81-361 specified that application forms are to be prescribed by the department rather
than by commission on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-165 permitted the real estate commission to waive the national
testing service portion of the examination if the applicant received a satisfactory score on such exam taken in another state
within two years of his application date; P.A. 82-422 amended Subsec. (c) to require commissioner to establish passing
scores for examination; P.A. 84-140 amended Subsec. (d) to allow for the reinstatement of expired licenses; P.A. 85-41
amended Subsec. (c) to allow the applicant to take the examination four, rather than three, times per year, and eliminated
the commission's authority to require a waiting period before reexamining an applicant; P.A. 85-613 made technical
changes, deleting obsolete provisions re licenses issued prior to May 1, 1973; P.A. 88-329 amended section to establish
license qualifications, examination requirements, renewal and reinstatement procedures, fees and the right to a hearing for
real estate appraisers and residential appraisers, effective July 1, 1989; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the
examination fee for a real estate broker's license or a real estate appraiser's license from $15 to $60 and to increase the
examination fee for a real estate salesman's license or residential real estate appraiser's license from $10 to $40 and
amended Subsec. (f) to increase the fee for a real estate broker's license or real estate appraiser's license from $150 to
$450, to increase the fee for a real estate salesman's license or a residential real estate appraiser's license from $75 to $225
to increase the reinstatement fee for a real estate broker's license or a real estate appraiser's license from $100 to $300 and
to increase the reinstatement fee for a real estate salesman's license or a residential appraiser's license from $75 to $225;
P.A. 90-332 amended section to include references to the real estate appraisal commission, to add provisions re licensing,
certification, examinations and educational requirements for general certified and residential certified appraisers and
changed the expiration date for all licenses to April thirtieth of each year; P.A. 91-229 amended the section to clarify the
licensing, education and certification of residential and general appraisers, made provisions for out-of-state residential and
general appraisers, deleted the references to general certified and residential certified appraisers, simplified the application
and fee structure for appraisers and real estate salesmen and brokers, added a requirement that the commissioner of consumer
protection make a roster of the real estate appraisers and submit it to the appropriate federal regulatory agency and added
provision specifying that real estate salesmen and brokers seeking a residential appraiser's license or renewal, with the
proper educational and experience requirements, shall not be required to pay the fee for such license or renewal until
April 30, 1992; P.A. 93-354 deleted former Subsec. (d)(3) and (4) re qualifications for general appraiser's and residential
appraiser's licenses, deleted former Subsec. (f) re qualifications for real estate appraiser's certificate, relettering Subsecs.
(g) and (h) as (f) and (g), deleted provisions re appraisers' license and certificate fees in relettered Subsec. (f) and deleted
all other references to real estate appraisers throughout section (see Sec. 20-509), effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 amended Subsec. (g) to delete the specific license renewal date of "April thirtieth", effective January 1,
1995, and changed effective date of P.A. 94-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 96-200 substituted "salesperson"
for "salesman"; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 99-231 amended Subsec. (f) to add provision that $3 of renewal
fee is payable to Real Estate Guaranty Fund, effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 03-14 amended Subsec. (d) to substitute 60
classroom hours for 30 classroom hours, effective October 1, 2004; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced
Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the
merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 07-214 deleted provision
re $5.00 annual eligibility renewal fee in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2007.
See Sec. 10a-125 re use of real estate brokers' license fees for maintenance of University of Connecticut Center for
Real Estate and Urban Studies.
See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.
Cited. 144 C. 647.
Cited. 36 CS 217.