Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 4735.02 (2026)

Requirement of license

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(A) Except as provided in section 4735.022 of the Revised Code, no person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation shall act as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson, or advertise or assume to act as such, without first being licensed as provided in this chapter. No person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation shall provide services that require a license under this chapter if the licensee's license is inactive, suspended, resigned, or a broker's license on deposit, or if the license has been revoked. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a real estate broker or salesperson to perform any service constituting the practice of law.

(B) No partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation holding a real estate license shall employ as an officer, director, manager, or principal employee any person previously holding a license as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, foreign real estate dealer, or foreign real estate salesperson, whose license has been placed in inactive or resigned status, or is suspended, or revoked and who has not thereafter reactivated the license or received a new license.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: Wellington Resource Grp. LLC v. Beck Energy Corp., 975 F. Supp. 2d 833 (S.D. Ohio 2013).
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Wellington Resource Grp. LLC v. Beck Energy Corp., 975 F. Supp. 2d 833 (S.D. Ohio 2013). · cites it 3× “01(H) 4 ; (3) a “real estate broker” must be licensed in Ohio, pursuant to O.R.C. § 4735.02(A) 5 ; and (4) no right of action can accrue to, and no compensation can be collected by, real estate brokers who are unlicensed, under O.”
Santer v. Globe Publications, Inc., 499 N.E.2d 389 (Ohio Ct. App. 1st Dist. 1985). · cites it 3× “Santer, Superintendent, Division of Real Estate, Department of Commerce (“superintendent”), filed a complaint on June 24, 1984, seeking a temporary injunction, a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction prohibiting Globe from engaging in the real estate business…”
D&H Autobath v. PJCS Props. I, Inc., 2012-Ohio-5845. “Appellants also brought claims against Chadwick for unjust enrichment, promissory estoppel, and violation of R.C. 4735.02. However, appellants fail to address these claims in their brief.”
COD Props. Ohio, L.L.C. v. Black Tie Title, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-17. · cites it 2× “7 The trial court erred in entertaining the meritless defense that a violation of R.C. 4735.02 occurred here where such defense could not possibly be a defense to theft/conversion claims asserted herein.”
Katz v. Ohio Real Est. Comm'n, 2018-Ohio-1379, 110 N.E.3d 833. · cites it 6× “The notification of formal hearing was accompanied by an attachment setting forth two charges, both of which related to the period between approximately April 2012 and June 2014 with respect to the Jonquil Street property: (1) Katz acted like an Ohio real estate broker without a…”
Slabakis v. Poyiadjis, 2021 NY Slip Op 05110 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 2021). “Given plaintiff's description of the transaction as one in which he was buying back real property, and otherwise acting as a principal, it was not dispositively demonstrated that the contract at issue was barred by Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4735.02 . Although not properly before us,…”
Srs 2019, L.L.C. v. Ark Mgt., L.L.C., 2026-Ohio-463. · cites it 6× “SRS claims that R.C. 4735.02 was violated because that statute requires any individual managing or facilitating the sale or management of properties to maintain a real estate license.”
Slabakis v. Poyiadjis, 2021 NY Slip Op 05110 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 2021). “Given plaintiff's description of the transaction as one in which he was buying back real property, and otherwise acting as a principal, it was not dispositively demonstrated that the contract at issue was barred by Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4735.02 . Although not properly before us,…”
Ball v. Ritenour, 546 N.E.2d 479 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1989). “A broker’s license is required before a person may “* * * act as a real estate broker, real estate salesman, limited real estate broker, or limited real estate salesman, or advertise or assume to act as such * * R.C. 4735.02. In other words, a license is mandated and it must be…”
Sekulovski v. Ohio Real Est. Comm., 2019-Ohio-280. · cites it 4× “18(A)(6), misconduct as that section incorporates Ohio Revised Code Section 4735.02(A) which provides that no person shall act as a real estate broker without being licensed pursuant to Chapter 4735 or Ohio Revised Code Section 4735.”
In Re Suitability of Young, 590 N.E.2d 1344 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1990). · cites it 2× “R.C. 4735.02 requires that real estate brokers must possess a license to practice.”
Prof'l Prop. Servs., Inc. v. Agler Green Townhouses, Inc., 998 F. Supp. 831 (S.D. Ohio 1998). · cites it 2× “” Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 4735.01 (Banks-Baldwin 1995).”
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Ohio Rev. Code § 4735.02(A): 5 cases
Wellington Resource Grp. LLC v. Beck Energy Corp., 975 F. Supp. 2d 833 (S.D. Ohio 2013). “01(H) 4 ; (3) a “real estate broker” must be licensed in Ohio, pursuant to O.R.C. § 4735.02(A) 5 ; and (4) no right of action can accrue to, and no compensation can be collected by, real estate brokers who are unlicensed, under O.”
COD Props. Ohio, L.L.C. v. Black Tie Title, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-17. “7 The trial court erred in entertaining the meritless defense that a violation of R.C. 4735.02 occurred here where such defense could not possibly be a defense to theft/conversion claims asserted herein.”
Sekulovski v. Ohio Real Est. Comm., 2019-Ohio-280. “18(A)(6), misconduct as that section incorporates Ohio Revised Code Section 4735.02(A) which provides that no person shall act as a real estate broker without being licensed pursuant to Chapter 4735 or Ohio Revised Code Section 4735.”
Katz v. Ohio Real Est. Comm'n, 2018-Ohio-1379, 110 N.E.3d 833. “The notification of formal hearing was accompanied by an attachment setting forth two charges, both of which related to the period between approximately April 2012 and June 2014 with respect to the Jonquil Street property: (1) Katz acted like an Ohio real estate broker without a…”
Srs 2019, L.L.C. v. Ark Mgt., L.L.C., 2026-Ohio-463. “SRS claims that R.C. 4735.02 was violated because that statute requires any individual managing or facilitating the sale or management of properties to maintain a real estate license.”
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