Opinion No. Oag 6-81, (1981)

Real Estate Examining Board

You request clarification of several matters relating to 60 Op. Att'y Gen. 1 (1971), which stated that by reason of the exception in sec. 452.01 (6)(e), Stats., no real estate broker's license is required by an individual who is an officer of a corporation or a partner of a partnership which owns apartment complexes, to act for the corporation or partnership in the rental of such property.

Your questions as renumbered and restated are:

1. Does a corporation not licensed as a real estate broker violate ch. 452, Stats., if it allows its nonlicensed employes, who are not…