37-51-301. License required -- limited to persons. (1) It is unlawful for a person to engage in or conduct, directly or indirectly, or to advertise or represent to the public as engaging in or conducting the business or acting in the capacity of a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson within this state without a license as a broker or salesperson or otherwise complying with this chapter.
     (2) It is unlawful for a person to supervise licensed salespersons or to act in the capacity of a supervising broker unless the person has a valid and active Montana broker's license and a supervising broker endorsement.
     (3) Corporations, partnerships, and associations may not be licensed under this chapter. A corporation or a partnership may act as a licensee if every corporate officer and every partner performing the functions of a licensee is licensed under this chapter. All officers of a corporation or all members of a partnership acting as a licensee are in violation of this chapter unless there is full compliance with this subsection.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 250, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 177, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1924(2), (3); amd. Sec. 93, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 565, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 502, L. 2007.