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Committee advances bill letting nonresident brokers avoid West Virginia office requirement

2670889 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

The Senate Government Organization Committee voted to report Senate Bill 747 to the full Senate. The governor's bill would exempt nonresident real estate brokers who maintain a physical office in their home state from the current West Virginia requirement to keep a place of business in West Virginia.

The West Virginia Senate Government Organization Committee on a voice vote agreed to report Senate Bill 747 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass and first be referred to the Committee on Finance. The bill was introduced by committee counsel as a governor's bill and described as an amendment to a single section of code relating to the Real Estate Commission.

The bill would create an exception to the current residency-place-of-business…

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