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No business entity shall be granted a firm license unless (i) every managing member of a limited liability company, officer of a corporation, partner within a partnership, or associate within an association who actively participates in the firm brokerage business holds a license as a real estate broker; and (ii) every employee or independent contractor who acts as a salesperson for such business entity holds a license as a real estate salesperson or broker. An individual holding a broker’s license may operate a real estate brokerage firm which he owns as a sole proprietorship without any further licensure by the Board, although such individual shall not operate the brokerage firm in a fictitious name. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a broker operating a brokerage firm from having a business entity separate from the brokerage firm for such broker’s own real estate business, provided that such separate business entity otherwise complies with this section. A non-broker-owned sole proprietorship shall obtain a license from the Board.B\n\nNo individual shall act as a broker without a real estate broker’s license from the Board. An individual who holds a broker’s license may act as a salesperson for another broker. A broker may be an owner, member, or officer of a business entity salesperson as defined in subsection C.C\n\nNo individual shall act as a salesperson without a salesperson’s license from the Board. A business entity may act as a salesperson with a separate business entity salesperson’s license from the Board. No business entity shall be granted a business entity salesperson’s license unless every owner or officer who actively participates in the brokerage business of such entity holds a license as a salesperson or broker from the Board. The Board shall establish standards in its regulations for the names of business entity salespersons when more than one licensee is an owner or officer.D\n\nNo group of individuals consisting of one or more real estate brokers or real estate salespersons, or a combination thereof, shall act as a real estate team without first obtaining a business entity salesperson’s license from the Board. A real estate team may hire one or more unlicensed assistants, as employees or independent contractors, as otherwise provided by law.E\n\nIf any principal broker maintains more than one place of business within the Commonwealth, such principal broker shall be required to obtain a branch office license from the Board for each additional place of business maintained other than his primary place of business noted on the firm license application. A copy of the branch office license shall be kept on the premises of the branch office. No branch office license shall be required for (i) a location that the principal broker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, does not own, lease, or maintain exclusive access to, maintenance of, and control of, unless it is held out to the public as a location where such persons or entities are regularly engaging in the activities of a real estate broker or salesperson; (ii) a motor vehicle or watercraft; (iii) a place that is solely devoted to advertising real estate matters of a general nature or to making a real estate broker’s business name generally known such as a trade show or expo; (iv) a residence, unless it is held out to the public as a location where the principal broker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, is regularly engaging in the activities of a real estate broker or salesperson; (v) a post office box, mail drop location, or other similar facility; or (vi) a public location such as a coffee shop or restaurant.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238693,"text":"No business entity, other than a sole proprietorship, shall act, offer to act, or advertise to act, as a real estate firm without a real estate firm license from the Board. Such firm may be granted a license in a fictitious name. No business entity shall be granted a firm license unless (i) every managing member of a limited liability company, officer of a corporation, partner within a partnership, or associate within an association who actively participates in the firm brokerage business holds a license as a real estate broker; and (ii) every employee or independent contractor who acts as a salesperson for such business entity holds a license as a real estate salesperson or broker. An individual holding a broker’s license may operate a real estate brokerage firm which he owns as a sole proprietorship without any further licensure by the Board, although such individual shall not operate the brokerage firm in a fictitious name. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a broker operating a brokerage firm from having a business entity separate from the brokerage firm for such broker’s own real estate business, provided that such separate business entity otherwise complies with this section. A non-broker-owned sole proprietorship shall obtain a license from the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":238694,"text":"No individual shall act as a broker without a real estate broker’s license from the Board. An individual who holds a broker’s license may act as a salesperson for another broker. 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The Board shall establish standards in its regulations for the names of business entity salespersons when more than one licensee is an owner or officer.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":238696,"text":"No group of individuals consisting of one or more real estate brokers or real estate salespersons, or a combination thereof, shall act as a real estate team without first obtaining a business entity salesperson’s license from the Board. 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No branch office license shall be required for (i) a location that the principal broker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, does not own, lease, or maintain exclusive access to, maintenance of, and control of, unless it is held out to the public as a location where such persons or entities are regularly engaging in the activities of a real estate broker or salesperson; (ii) a motor vehicle or watercraft; (iii) a place that is solely devoted to advertising real estate matters of a general nature or to making a real estate broker’s business name generally known such as a trade show or expo; (iv) a residence, unless it is held out to the public as a location where the principal broker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, is regularly engaging in the activities of a real estate broker or salesperson; (v) a post office box, mail drop location, or other similar facility; or (vi) a public location such as a coffee shop or restaurant.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12757,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons and Rental Location Agents","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12756,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239913,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12757,"identifier":"1","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1","url":"\/54.1\/II\/21\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12756,"edition_id":1,"name":"Real Estate Brokers, Sales Persons and Rental Location Agents","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12755,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239911,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12756,"identifier":"21","token":"54.1\/II\/21","url":"\/54.1\/II\/21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12755,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12754,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239415,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12755,"identifier":"II","token":"54.1\/II","url":"\/54.1\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12754,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12754,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":74059,"structure_id":12757,"section_number":"54.1-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/54.1-2100\/","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1\/54.1-2100","metadata":false},{"id":62721,"structure_id":12757,"section_number":"54.1-2101","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/54.1-2101\/","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1\/54.1-2101","metadata":false},{"id":84706,"structure_id":12757,"section_number":"54.1-2101.1","catch_line":"Preparation of real estate contracts by real estate licensees; 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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 993<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter 265<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 82<\/a> and 105<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 319<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 750<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 223<\/a> and 224<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 179<\/a> and 395<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 327<\/a> and 352<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81566,"section_number":"16.1-88.03","catch_line":"Pleadings and other papers by certain parties not represented by attorneys","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-88.03\/"},{"id":81089,"section_number":"19.2-389","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-389\/"},{"id":58756,"section_number":"36-105.1:1","catch_line":"Rental inspections; rental inspection districts; exemptions; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-105.1_1\/"},{"id":65659,"section_number":"54.1-2108.1","catch_line":"Protection of escrow funds, etc., held by a real estate broker in the event of foreclosure of real property; required deposits","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2108.1\/"},{"id":81601,"section_number":"54.1-2109","catch_line":"Death or disability of a real estate broker","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2109\/"},{"id":57532,"section_number":"55.1-1257","catch_line":"Who may recover rent or possession","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1257\/"},{"id":69251,"section_number":"55.1-1417","catch_line":"Who may recover rent or possession","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1417\/"},{"id":81871,"section_number":"55.1-1823","catch_line":"Designation of authorized representative","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1823\/"},{"id":78887,"section_number":"55.1-1962","catch_line":"Designation of authorized representative","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1962\/"},{"id":69740,"section_number":"6.2-888","catch_line":"Real estate brokerage business of controlled subsidiary","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-888\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239971,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65670,"identifier":"54.1-2106.1","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1\/54.1-2106.1","url":"\/54.1-2106.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2106.1\/","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1\/54.1-2106.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licenses required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2106.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No business entity, other than a sole proprietorship, shall act, offer to act, or advertise to act, as a real estate firm without a real estate firm license from the Board. Such firm may be granted a license in a fictitious name. No business entity shall be granted a firm license unless (i) every managing member of a limited liability company, officer of a corporation, partner within a partnership, or associate within an association who actively participates in the firm brokerage business holds a license as a real estate broker<\/span>; and (ii) every employee or independent contractor who acts as a salesperson for such business entity holds a license as a real estate salesperson<\/span> or broker. An individual holding a broker’s license may operate a real estate brokerage firm which he owns as a sole proprietorship without any further licensure by the Board, although such individual shall not operate the brokerage firm in a fictitious name. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a broker operating a brokerage firm from having a business entity separate from the brokerage firm for such broker’s own real estate business, provided that such separate business entity otherwise complies with this section. A non-broker-owned sole proprietorship shall obtain a license from the Board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No individual shall act as a broker without a real estate broker<\/span>’s license from the Board. An individual who holds a broker’s license may act as a salesperson for another broker. A broker may be an owner, member, or officer of a business entity salesperson as defined in subsection C. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No individual shall act as a salesperson without a salesperson’s license from the Board. A business entity may act as a salesperson with a separate business entity salesperson’s license from the Board. No business entity shall be granted a business entity salesperson’s license unless every owner or officer who actively participates in the brokerage business of such entity holds a license as a salesperson or broker from the Board. The Board shall establish standards in its regulations for the names of business entity salespersons when more than one licensee is an owner or officer. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> No group of individuals consisting of one or more real estate brokers<\/span> or real estate salespersons<\/span>, or a combination thereof, shall act as a real estate team<\/span> without first obtaining a business entity salesperson’s license from the Board. A real estate team<\/span> may hire one or more unlicensed assistants, as employees or independent contractors, as otherwise provided by law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> If any principal broker maintains more than one place of business<\/span> within the Commonwealth, such principal broker shall be required to obtain a branch office<\/span> license from the Board for each additional place of business<\/span> maintained other than his primary place of business<\/span> noted on the firm license application. A copy of the branch office<\/span> license shall be kept on the premises of the branch office<\/span>. No branch office<\/span> license shall be required for (i) a location that the principal broker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, does not own, lease, or maintain exclusive access to, maintenance of, and control of, unless it is held out to the public as a location where such persons or entities are regularly engaging in the activities of a real estate broker<\/span> or salesperson; (ii) a motor vehicle or watercraft; (iii) a place that is solely devoted to advertising real estate matters of a general nature or to making a real estate broker<\/span>’s business name generally known such as a trade show or expo; (iv) a residence, unless it is held out to the public as a location where the principal broker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, is regularly engaging in the activities of a real estate broker<\/span> or salesperson; (v) a post office box, mail drop location, or other similar facility; or (vi) a public location such as a coffee shop or restaurant. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSES REQUIRED (\u00a7 54.1-2106.1)\n\nA. No business entity, other than a sole proprietorship, shall act, offer to\nact, or advertise to act, as a real estate firm without a real estate firm\nlicense from the Board. Such firm may be granted a license in a fictitious name.\nNo business entity shall be granted a firm license unless (i) every managing\nmember of a limited liability company, officer of a corporation, partner within\na partnership, or associate within an association who actively participates in\nthe firm brokerage business holds a license as a real estate broker; and (ii)\nevery employee or independent contractor who acts as a salesperson for such\nbusiness entity holds a license as a real estate salesperson or broker. An\nindividual holding a broker’s license may operate a real estate brokerage\nfirm which he owns as a sole proprietorship without any further licensure by the\nBoard, although such individual shall not operate the brokerage firm in a\nfictitious name. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a broker\noperating a brokerage firm from having a business entity separate from the\nbrokerage firm for such broker’s own real estate business, provided that\nsuch separate business entity otherwise complies with this section. A\nnon-broker-owned sole proprietorship shall obtain a license from the Board.\n\nB. No individual shall act as a broker without a real estate broker’s\nlicense from the Board. An individual who holds a broker’s license may act\nas a salesperson for another broker. A broker may be an owner, member, or\nofficer of a business entity salesperson as defined in subsection C.\n\nC. No individual shall act as a salesperson without a salesperson’s\nlicense from the Board. A business entity may act as a salesperson with a\nseparate business entity salesperson’s license from the Board. No business\nentity shall be granted a business entity salesperson’s license unless\nevery owner or officer who actively participates in the brokerage business of\nsuch entity holds a license as a salesperson or broker from the Board. The Board\nshall establish standards in its regulations for the names of business entity\nsalespersons when more than one licensee is an owner or officer.\n\nD. No group of individuals consisting of one or more real estate brokers or real\nestate salespersons, or a combination thereof, shall act as a real estate team\nwithout first obtaining a business entity salesperson’s license from the\nBoard. A real estate team may hire one or more unlicensed assistants, as\nemployees or independent contractors, as otherwise provided by law.\n\nE. If any principal broker maintains more than one place of business within the\nCommonwealth, such principal broker shall be required to obtain a branch office\nlicense from the Board for each additional place of business maintained other\nthan his primary place of business noted on the firm license application. A copy\nof the branch office license shall be kept on the premises of the branch office.\nNo branch office license shall be required for (i) a location that the principal\nbroker, or those employed by or affiliated as an independent contractor with the\nprincipal broker, does not own, lease, or maintain exclusive access to,\nmaintenance of, and control of, unless it is held out to the public as a\nlocation where such persons or entities are regularly engaging in the activities\nof a real estate broker or salesperson; (ii) a motor vehicle or watercraft;\n(iii) a place that is solely devoted to advertising real estate matters of a\ngeneral nature or to making a real estate broker’s business name generally\nknown such as a trade show or expo; (iv) a residence, unless it is held out to\nthe public as a location where the principal broker, or those employed by or\naffiliated as an independent contractor with the principal broker, is regularly\nengaging in the activities of a real estate broker or salesperson; (v) a post\noffice box, mail drop location, or other similar facility; or (vi) a public\nlocation such as a coffee shop or restaurant.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 993; 1998, c. 265; 1999, cc. 82, 105; 2008, c. 319; 2012, c.\n750; 2018, cc. 223, 224; 2019, cc. 179, 395; 2024, cc. 327, 352.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}