Unlawful Referral Solicitation — Unlawful Retribution for Existence of Agency Relationship

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Professions, Businesses and Trades
  4. Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973
  5. Agency Contracts and Referral Fees
  6. Unlawful Referral Solicitation — Unlawful Retribution for Existence of Agency Relationship

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  1. It is unlawful for any person or entity to:
    1. Solicit or request a referral fee from a real estate licensee without reasonable cause; or
    2. Threaten to reduce or withhold employee relocation benefits or to take other action adverse to the interests of a client of a real estate licensee because of an agency relationship.
  2. Reasonable cause allows a real estate licensee to solicit or request a referral fee but does not necessarily mean that the licensee has a legal right to be paid a referral fee.


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