TRELA (The Real Estate License Act)
The Texas statute, Occupations Code Chapter 1101, that governs real estate licensing and brokerage. License holders call it The Act.
TRELA, The Real Estate License Act, is found at Chapter 1101 of the Texas Occupations Code. It defines brokerage activity, sets who must hold a license, lists the grounds for discipline, and creates the Texas Real Estate Commission. License holders often refer to it simply as The Act.
TREC adopts the TREC Rules to carry out TRELA. When a question turns on what the law itself requires, the source is TRELA, while procedural detail often lives in the TREC Rules. The Texas Legislature writes and amends TRELA.
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- TREC (Texas Real Estate Commission)
The state agency that administers and enforces TRELA, adopts the TREC Rules, and licenses and disciplines Texas real estate license holders.
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The Texas broker who sponsors a sales agent, supervises the agent's brokerage activity, and is responsible for the agent's acts.
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A Texas license holder who performs real estate brokerage only under the sponsorship and supervision of a broker.
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