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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-524.1" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “commercial real estate” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>real property improved by five or more single–family units;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>improved and unimproved real property zoned for commercial, industrial, or nonresidential use by the local zoning authority of the county or municipality in which the property is located; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>unimproved real property zoned for improvement as multifamily units by the local zoning authority of the county or municipality in which the property is located.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Commercial real estate” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>property zoned for agricultural use; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>single–family units, including a condominium or co–op unit, for sale or for lease, or otherwise conveyed or to be conveyed on a single basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each real estate contract submitted to a party by a real estate broker, a nonresident real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or a nonresident real estate salesperson for use in the sale of commercial real estate shall contain, in bold–faced type, a statement that the buyer has the right to select the buyer’s own:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>title insurance company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>settlement company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>escrow company; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>title lawyer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The statement required under subsection (b) of this section shall also contain, in bold–faced type, a statement that a seller may not be prohibited from offering owner financing as a condition of settlement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
