R.C.S.A. § 20-328-5a
Misrepresentation, disclosure and advertising.
Cite as Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-328-5a
(a) A licensee shall not misrepresent or conceal any material facts in any transaction.
(b) No licensee shall misrepresent the actual selling price of real estate to any lender
or any other interested party, either verbally or through the preparation of a false
sales contract.
(c) A real estate broker shall exercise diligence at all times in obtaining and presenting
accurate information in the broker's advertising and representations to the public.
No broker shall advertise to sell, buy, exchange, rent or lease the property of another
in a manner indicating the offer to sell, buy, exchange, rent or lease such property
is being made by a private party not engaged in the real estate business. The real
estate broker shall neither advertise without disclosing the broker's name nor permit
any person associated with the broker to use individual names, telephone numbers or
mailing addresses, to the exclusion of the name of such broker.
(d) No real estate licensee shall modify or change the listing information of a real estate
broker without the express permission of the real estate broker. No real estate licensee
shall advertise real estate listed with a real estate broker with whom the real estate
licensee is not affiliated without the permission of the listing real estate broker.
No real estate licensee shall advertise real estate listed with a real estate broker
with whom the real estate licensee is not affiliated without updating such advertising
at least once every seventy-two (72) hours. No real estate licensee shall advertise
real estate listed with a real estate broker with whom the real estate licensee is
not affiliated without identifying that the real estate is not listed with the real
estate licensee.
(e) A real estate licensee advertising or marketing on an internet site, owned or controlled
by the real estate licensee, shall include on the home page of the site on which the
real estate licensee's advertisement or information appears the following data:
(1) licensee's name and office address as it appears on said licensee's real estate license;
(2) name of the real estate broker with whom the licensee is affiliated, as that real
estate broker's name is registered with the commission;
(3) all states in which the licensee holds a salesperson or broker license;
(4) last date on which property information shown on the site was revised.
(f) A real estate licensee using internet electronic communication for advertising or
marketing, including but not limited to e-mail, e-mail discussion groups, and bulletin
boards, shall include on the first or last page of all communications the following
data:
(1) the licensee's name and office address;
(2) the name of the real estate broker with whom the licensee is affiliated as that real
estate broker's name is registered with the commission;
(3) all states in which the licensee holds a salesperson or broker license.