Sec. 5. (a) Each broker company:
(1) shall keep in one (1) or more trust accounts (interest or noninterest bearing) all funds belonging to others that come into the possession of the broker company or of any broker whose license the broker company is holding; and
(2) shall clearly identify any account containing those funds as a trust account.
The trust accounts shall contain all earnest money deposits, funds held for closing escrows, sale proceeds not yet disbursed, and all other funds belonging to others.
(b) The broker company shall not use any trust account for the deposit of any personal funds or other business funds and shall keep a detailed record of the funds and any interest accrued in each trust account that identifies the amount of funds held for each beneficiary. Any interest earned shall be held for the beneficiary.
(c) Upon:
(1) the death of the sole proprietor, in the case of a sole proprietorship broker company;
(2) the termination of a broker company; or
(3) the expiration, revocation, or suspension of a broker company's license;
the commission shall take custody of each trust account of the broker company and may appoint a successor trustee to protect and distribute the proceeds of that account.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.248, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.255-1987, SEC.5; P.L.114-2010, SEC.22; P.L.127-2012, SEC.24; P.L.116-2015, SEC.10.