{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-42-702","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-42-702","heading":"Interference with licensee relationships prohibited","body":"(a) No person shall knowingly interfere with a licensee relationship between a licensee and a person or entity. (b) No licensee shall be liable for a referral fee when reasonable cause for payment does not exist. (c) (1) Any person or entity aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) The damages recoverable in an action under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be: (A) The actual damages; and (B) Reasonable attorney's fees and expenses. (d) Nothing in this subchapter is intended to: (1) Create a presumption that if reasonable cause for payment of a referral fee exists, a legal right to the referral fee exists; or (2) Authorize the payment of a referral fee that is otherwise prohibited by law or rule of the Arkansas Real Estate Commission. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1468, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 2005, No. 1946, § 1.\n\n(a) No person shall knowingly interfere with a licensee relationship between a licensee and a person or entity.\n\n(b) No licensee shall be liable for a referral fee when reasonable cause for payment does not exist.\n\n(c) (1) Any person or entity aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) The damages recoverable in an action under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be: (A) The actual damages; and (B) Reasonable attorney's fees and expenses.\n\n(1) Any person or entity aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.\n\n(2) The damages recoverable in an action under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be: (A) The actual damages; and (B) Reasonable attorney's fees and expenses.\n\n(A) The actual damages; and\n\n(B) Reasonable attorney's fees and expenses.\n\n(d) Nothing in this subchapter is intended to: (1) Create a presumption that if reasonable cause for payment of a referral fee exists, a legal right to the referral fee exists; or (2) Authorize the payment of a referral fee that is otherwise prohibited by law or rule of the Arkansas Real Estate Commission.\n\n(1) Create a presumption that if reasonable cause for payment of a referral fee exists, a legal right to the referral fee exists; or\n\n(2) Authorize the payment of a referral fee that is otherwise prohibited by law or rule of the Arkansas Real Estate Commission.","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 42","Subchapter 7"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"55cfff5e5dddca1bd9fcf1833a7da02b67fe0c7d66cddb702d4b56ab979df22f","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-42-701","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-43-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}