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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-536" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this Part IV of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“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="c">
    <text>“Nonresident real estate broker” means an individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation that is not licensed under Subtitle 3 of this title but is licensed to provide real estate brokerage services in a jurisdiction other than this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Nonresident real estate salesperson” means an individual who is not licensed under Subtitle 3 of this title but is licensed to provide real estate brokerage services and is affiliated with a nonresident real estate broker.</text>
  </level>
</section>
