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Fined by Real Estate Commission
A couple of months ago, I moved from Nevada to California. Today I received a notice of violation from the Nevada Real Estate Commission and a fine of $500. Seeing as how I withdrew from the Nevada Commission in September, do I have to pay this? What would they be able to do if I didn't?
Any help is much appreciated.
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The Board of Realtors is the club, the private entity Realtors can belong to tohave access to the MLS, they must join to use the title Realtor, not all agents or brokers are Realtors, there is no requirement to join and many in commercial are not Realtors. They have a fine system that may be imposed on members with no real teeth.
The Real Estate Commission is a sub-agency usually of the Department or Finance or Commerce ormay be an agency itself. It has legal authority, you can think of them as min-state HUD. Any violation of regulations set by these agencies is a matter of law. You have the right to appeal or take the issue to court. If you pass the time limitation legally afforded to appeal or taking the issue to court, the fine stands as assessed. If you fail to pay the fine, that becomes another violation, failure to pay and when brought to the attention of a judge he can order you to appear and do so with a warrant. When you finally get before that judge and he thinks your non payment was simply contempt for the order, he may arrange a new residency for you for a few days or maight be up to a year, depends, and you'll likely still have to pay the fine.
The department of finance/commerce or any regulatory agency of any state may or may not have powers of arrest, but they can seek compliance through law enforcement agencies who do have powersof arrest. HUD for example has federal agents who have powers of arrest.
I just suggest you either defend yourself if you are in the clear and if not, pay the fine and be done with it. You don't want to get really sideways with any state agency.