{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1101.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.004","heading":"REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE.","body":"(a) A person is engaged in real estate brokerage if the person, with the expectation of receiving valuable consideration, directly or indirectly performs or offers, attempts, or agrees to perform for another person any act described by Section 1101.002(1), as a part of a transaction or as an entire transaction.\n(b) A person is not engaged in real estate brokerage, regardless of whether the person is licensed under this chapter, based solely on engaging in the following activities:\n(1) constructing, remodeling, or repairing a home or other building;\n(2) sponsoring, promoting, or managing, or otherwise participating as a principal, partner, or financial manager of, an investment in real estate; or\n(3) entering into an obligation to pay another person that is secured by an interest in real property.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.153, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2016.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 7. PRACTICES AND PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY AND HOUSING","SUBTITLE A. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE","CHAPTER 1101. REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALES AGENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1101.htm#1101.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"0af5f7f05181cb0352d9eb6ec9bd98f5df1b04cc1857e974e4d480328f12be39","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1101.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1101.0045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}