STATE OF FLORIDA

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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION -"

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE,

Petitioner,

v.

EDDIE LAW,

Respondent.

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DBPR Case No. 2010001274

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation ("Petitioner") files this Administrative Complaint against Eddie Law ("Respondent"), and alleges:

1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the real estate profession pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 475, Florida Statutes.

2. Petitioner has jurisdiction over the unlicensed practice of real estate services pursuant to Section. 455.228, Florida Statutes.

3. At no time material to this complaint was Respondent duly licensed to engage in the practice of real estate services pursuant to Chapter 475, Florida Statutes.

4. Respondent's address of record is: 6140 88th Terrace, Live Oak, Florida 32060.

   
   

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5. Respondent, was not at any time material herein, registered as a licensed real estate associate or broker in the State of Florida.

6. Respondent was previously a licensed real estate sales associate and his license expired on March 31, 2005 due to his failure to renew.

7. On or about April 1, 2007 Respondent's real estate sales associate license became Null and Void.

8. A copy of Respondent's licensure history is attached and incorporated as Administrative Complaint Exhibit 1.

9. At all times material, Levis E. Lawson Sr. employed Respondent, individually as a real estate sales associate, without Respondent having a valid and current real estate license.

10. Respondent was at all times material, in his attempt to

    
    

    bring together Francis Lawson, Levis Lawson, and Levis Lawson Jr. (Buyers) and Gladys B. Deese (Seller) for the real property described as: Sec. 23 T 02 South Range 13 East, Lot 27 Blk 43 Reese Add. To the City of Live Oak Orb 61, Page 566 &567, ("Subject Property"), with the intention that Respondent would receive compensation or valuable consideration, directly or

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    indirectly, paid or promised, expressly or implied, for the transaction.

11. Respondent received compensation for facilitating the

    
    

    sale of the Subject Property and preparing a Quit Claim Deed in the amount of $2,350.00.

12. A copy of the compensation received by Respondent for the sale of the Subject Property is attached and incorporated as Administrative Complaint Exhibit 2.

13. A copy of the Quit Claim Deed prepared and witnessed by the Respondent is attached and incorporated as Administrative Complaint Exhibit 3.

14. At all times material, Respondent had no title or any

    
    

    -other interest in the listed property or the property under contract.

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15. Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates by reference the allegations set forth in paragraphs one (1) through fourteen (14) as fully set forth herein.

16. Section 475.42(1)(a), Florida Statutes provides that:

    
    

    A person may not operate as a broker or sales associate without being the holder of a valid and current active license therefore. Any person who violates this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided ins. 775.082 ors. 775.083, or, if a corporation, as provided ins. 775.083.

    
    

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17. Subsection 475.01(1)(a), Florida Statutes provides:

    
    

    'Broker' means a person who, for another, and for a compensation or valuable consideration directly or indirectly paid or promised, expressly or impliedly, or with an intent to collect or receive a compensation or valuable consideration thereof, appraises, auctions, sells, exchanges, buys, rents, or offers, attempts or agrees to appraise, auction, or negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, or rental of business enterprises or business opportunities or any real property or any interest in or concerning the same, including mineral rights or leases, or who advertises or holds out to the public by any oral or printed solicitation or representation that she or he is engaged in the business of appraising, auctioning, buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, or renting business enterprises or business opportunities or real property of others or interests therein, including mineral rights, or who takes any part in the procuring of sellers, purchasers, lessors, or lessees of business enterprises or business opportunities or the real property of another, or leases, or interest therein, including mineral rights, or who directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or in the negotiation or closing of any transaction which does, or is calculated to, result in a sale, exchange, or leasing thereof, and who receives, expects, or is promises any compensation or valuable consideration, directly or indirectly therefore; and all persons who advertise rental property information or lists. A broker renders a professional service and is professional within the meaning of s. 95.11(4)(a). ...The term "broker" also includes any person who is a general partner, officer, or director of a partnership or corporation which acts as a broker. The term "broker" also includes any person or entity who undertakes to list or sell one or more timeshare periods per year in one or more timeshare plans on behalf of any number of

    
    

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    persons, except as provided in ss. 475.011 and 721.20.

    
    

18. Subsection 475.01(3), Florida Statutes, provides:

    
    

    Wherever the word "operate" or "operating" as a broker, broker associate, or sale associate appears in this chapter; in any order, rule, or regulation of the commission; in any pleading, indictment, or information under this chapter; in any court action or proceeding; or in any order or judgment of a court, it shall be deemed to mean the commission of one or more acts described in this chapter as constituting or defining a broker, broker associate, or sales associate, not including, however, any of the exceptions stated therein. A single such act is sufficient to bring a person within the meaning of this chapter, and each act, if prohibited herejn, constitutes a separate offense.

    
    

19. Subsection 475.01(1)(i), Florida Statutes, defines "real property" or "real estate" as "any interest or estate in land and any interest in business enterprises or business opportunities."

20. Based upon the facts set forth above, Respondent violated Section 475, Florida Statutes, in one or more of the following ways:

    1. By taking part in procuring sellers and purchasers for the real property of another without a valid license.

    2. By holding herself out to the public that she was a broker and or real estate associate.

    3. By communicating an offer to purchase real estate on

       
       

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       behalf of another without holding the necessary license.

       
       

    4. By receiving compensation for his real estate activities.

    
    

21. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent violated Subsection 475.42(1)(a), Florida Statutes, by operating as a broker or sales associate without being the holder of a valid and current active license.

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WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that a Final Order be entered imposing one or more of the following penalties: an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 for violations of Chapter 475, Florida Statutes, assessment of costs related to the investigation and prosecution of the case (excluding costs associated with an attorney's time; or any other relief the Department is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 455 and

475, Florida Statutes, and the

promulgated

SIGNED this

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LIE LIE, Secretary epartment of Business and

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Assistant General Couns-el Fla. Bar No. 425941 Department of Business and

Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate Legal Section

400 w. Robinson Street, N801

Orlando, Florida 32801-1757

(407) 481-5632 - Telephone

(407) 317-7260 - Facsimile

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NOTICE OF RIGHTS

Case No. 2010001274

Respondent has the right to request a hearing to be conducted in accordance with Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, to be represented by counsel or other qualified representative, to present evidence and argument, to call and cross-examine witnesses, and to have subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued on his or her behalf if a hearing is requested. Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative Code, provides in part that if Respondent fails to request a hearing within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of an agency pleading, Respondent waives the right to request a hearing on the facts alleged.

NOTICE REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF COSTS

Respondent is placed on notice that Petitioner has incurred costs related to the investigation and prosecution of this matter. Pursuant to Section 455.227(3) (a), Florida Statutes, the Board, or the Department when there is no Board, may assess costs related to the investigation and prosecution of the case excluding costs associated with an attorney's time, against Respondent in addition to any other discipline imposed.

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Division of Real Estate Thomas O'Bryant, Jr., Director 400 West Robinson Street, N801 Orlando, Florida 32801-1757

Phone: 407.481.5662 • Fax: 407.317.7245

Charlie Liem, Secretary Charlie Crist, Governor

MEMORANDUM

TO: Lauren N. Roderick, Law Clerk FROM: Janis Dodd, Regulatory Specialist II SUBJECT: Eddie Henry Law

LIC NO.: SL 496755

DATE: November 10, 2010

In accordance with your request of November 9, 2010, enclosed please find requested certification ofrecords for the above subject(s).

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Division of Real Estate Thomas O'Bryant, Jr., Director 400 West Robinson Street, N801 Orlando, Florida 32801-1757

Phone: 407.481.5662 • Fax: 407.317.7245

Charlie Liem, Secretary Charlie Crist, Governor

CERTIFICATION

· · I, Thomas W. O'Bryant, Jr., Director of for the Division of Real Estate, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, State of Florida, Certify that the below seal is the authentic seal of the state of Florida, and that the record below sets forth activities of the state of Florida, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate.

Eddie Henry Law, Sales Associate, License #SL-496755

That from September 28, 1987 to September 16, 1998 he was a sales associate affiliated with First Florida Realty and Auction, Inc. trading as Century 21 Jackie Taylor and Associates license number CQ 233174, a brokerage.company located at Route 17, Box 2022, Lake City, Florida 32024;

That from September 16, 1998 to March 31, 2005 his license was in an inactive status;

That effective April 1, 2005 Eddie Henry Law became involuntary inactive due to non renewal of his real estate sales associate license;

That as of this date his license is in a null and void status;

The renewal date for this licensee was March 31, 2005. ·•·

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There is no record of any disciplinary action against Eddie Henry Law.

Certified at Orlando, Florida this 10th day ofNovember 2010.

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