Unit 6 of 19

Violations of license law, penalties, and procedures

How complaints are filed and investigated, the disciplinary process, and the penalties for violating license law.

  1. 1
    Complaints and investigations
    How a complaint against a Florida real estate licensee is filed and checked for legal sufficiency, what the licensee is told, how anonymous complaints are handled, and the 5-year deadline for an administrative complaint.
    +50 XP
  2. 2
    Probable cause, hearings, and final orders
    How the FREC probable cause panel reviews an investigation, the 15-, 30- and 10-day deadlines, when a complaint becomes public, formal versus informal hearings, the final order, and emergency suspension.
    +50 XP
  3. 3
    Grounds for discipline under 475.25(1)
    The main acts that let the Florida Real Estate Commission discipline a licensee under Fla. Stat. 475.25(1), including fraud and culpable negligence, criminal convictions, unlicensed commission splits, listing agreement defects, and failure to supervise.
    +50 XP
  4. 4
    Administrative penalties, citations, and guidelines
    The penalties the Florida Real Estate Commission may impose, including the $5,000-per-count fine limit and suspension of up to 10 years, plus costs, disciplinary guidelines, citations, and notices of noncompliance.
    +50 XP
  5. 5
    Criminal penalties, unlicensed activity, and the Recovery Fund
    The criminal penalties for violating Fla. Stat. 475.42, the tools DBPR uses against unlicensed activity, and how the Florida Real Estate Recovery Fund pays consumers, including its caps and the automatic suspension that follows a payment.
    +50 XP

Practice questions

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Practice Unit 6