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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. It shall be the duty of every licensee, registrant, and certificate holder to notify the commission within ten days by registered or certified mail or by hand delivery of the following actions:
(1) The rendering of a final judgment against him by a court of competent jurisdiction, the subject matter of which involves a real estate transaction in which he was acting as a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder.
(2) The institution of criminal prosecution by arrest or indictment the subject matter of which involves a real estate transaction in which he was acting as a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder.
(3) Any final conviction of the person by a court of competent jurisdiction for forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, theft, or any other felony.
B. It shall be the duty of every licensee, registrant, and certificate holder who is the custodian of client funds to report the institution of bankruptcy proceedings to the commission, in writing and by registered or certified mail or hand delivery within ten days of institution of such proceedings.
(1) Bankruptcy proceedings which shall be reported include those in which the petitioner is named as a debtor, whether classified as voluntary or involuntary, personal, corporate, or partnership, or which is in any way connected with the licensee's, registrant's, or certificate holder's real estate business activities.
(2) The report to the commission shall include a listing which identifies the owner or owners of the funds, the amount of funds held, the name of the financial institution, and the number of the account in which the funds are deposited.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 37, § 1450. Duty of licensees, registrants, and certificate holders to report legal action pertaining to real estate activities - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-37-sect-1450/
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