(2) A real estate licensee shall maintain records of the licensee’s attendance in continuing education courses for a period of at least three years. The records of attendance must meet the requirements of ORS 696.174.
(3) Records maintained under this section must at all times be open for inspection by the Real Estate Commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representatives.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, records under this section must be maintained by the real estate licensee for a period of not less than six years after the following date:
(a) For a notice of clients’ trust account and authorization to examine under ORS 696.245, the date the account was closed;
(b) For real estate transactions, the date a transaction closed or failed, whichever is later;
(c) For management of rental real estate, the date on which the record expired, was superseded or terminated, or otherwise ceased to be in effect; and
(d) For all other records, the date the record was created or received, whichever is later.
(5) Records under this section may be maintained in any format that allows for inspection and copying by the commissioner or the commissioner’s representatives, as prescribed by rule of the agency.
(6) The agency may prescribe by rule terms and conditions under which a licensed real estate property manager or principal real estate broker may maintain records outside this state. [Amended by 1977 c.649 §38; 1981 c.617 §12b; 1983 c.258 §7; 1983 c.359 §2; 1991 c.5 §40; 1995 c.335 §3; 2001 c.300 §26; 2005 c.116 §21; 2007 c.319 §9a; 2009 c.324 §7; 2009 c.502 §10; 2011 c.158 §8; 2017 c.234 §18]