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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368046</law_id><section_number>54.1-2110</section_number><catch_line>Resident broker to maintain place of business in Virginia</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="13" identifier="21">Real Estate Brokers, Sales Persons and Rental Location Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Regulation of Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons and Rental Location Agents</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every resident <span class="dictionary">real estate broker</span> shall maintain a <span class="dictionary">place of business</span> in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1369908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2110/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any nonresident <span class="dictionary">real estate broker</span> residing in a state that <span class="dictionary">mandates</span> resident <span class="dictionary">real estate brokers</span> of the Commonwealth to maintain a <span class="dictionary">place of business</span> in such mandating state shall maintain a <span class="dictionary">place of business</span> in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1369909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2110/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Every principal broker shall have readily available to the public in the primary <span class="dictionary">place of business</span> the firm license, the principal broker license, and the license of every salesperson and broker active with the firm. Each <span class="dictionary">branch office</span> shall have readily available to the public the <span class="dictionary">branch office</span> license and a roster of every salesperson or broker assigned to that <span class="dictionary">branch office</span>. <a id="paragraph-1369910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2110/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-733; 1981, c. 34; 1988, c. 765; 2024, cc. 327, 352.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
