Rule 520-1-.03 - Commission Operations(1) Certifications of License History. Upon written request the Commission shall provide a certification of the history of a licensee's records with the Commission only for the five years immediately preceding the written request. However, regardless of the date of occurrence, the Commission shall provide a certification of any records it maintains of any disciplinary sanctions taken against the license of any licensee. Whenever the certification is to be utilized in a court of law, the party making the written request for the certification shall also indicate the name of the case, its case number, and the name of the court in which the certification will be used. see also O.C.G.A. § 43-40-2, 43-40-6, & 43-40-24.
(2) Maintenance of Records. The Commission shall maintain investigative files under the following schedules:(a) forty years for all investigative files in which the Commission imposes a disciplinary action or makes a payment from the Recovery Fund; and(b) fifteen years for all other investigative files. see also O.C.G.A. § 43-40-2, 43-40-3, 43-40-7, 43-40-12, 43-40-14, 43-40-16, 43-40-19, & 43-40-20.
(3) Return of Wall Certificate and Pocket Card Surrender, Suspension, or Revocation of License. Upon surrendering a license or upon notice of suspension or revocation of a license, a licensee shall forward the licensee's wall certificate of licensure and pocket card at once to the Commission. If such license is that of a broker, such broker shall also forward to the Commission with the broker's wall certificate of licensure and pocket card all other licensees' wall certificates of licensure and pocket cards in the broker's possession or office and shall be responsible for all missing wall certificates of licensure of other licensees affiliate d with the broker's firm. No refund of fees will be made upon any license when surrendered, suspended, or revoked. Any licensee who surrenders a license to the Commission or whose license is revoked by the Commission and who later seeks reinstatement of that license must apply for licensure as an original applicant. see also O.C.G.A. § 43-40-2 & 43-40-14.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 520-1-.03
O.C.G.A. Secs. 10-4A-3, 10-6A-4, 43-40-2, 43-40-25.
Original Rule entitled "Advertising" adopted as ER. 520-1-0.1-.03. F. and eff. July 12, 1973, the date of adoption.Amended: Rule entitled "Net Listings" adopted. F. Dec. 7, 1973; eff. Dec. 27, 1973.Amended: Authority changed. F. Aug. 5, 1982; eff. Nov. 1, 1982, as specified by the Agency.Repealed: Rule entitled "Brokerage Engagements" adopted. F. Apr. 7, 1994; eff. Apr. 27, 1994.Amended: F. May 9, 2002; eff. May 29, 2002.Repealed: New Rule entitled "Commission Operations" adopted. F. Nov. 12, 2003; eff. Dec. 2, 2003.Amended: F. Jan. 24, 2014; eff. Feb. 15, 2014, as specified by the Agency.