Article VIII

Article VIII - Use of the Terms REALTOR® and REALTORS® and REALTOR-Associate

Section l. Use of the terms REALTOR®, REALTORS® and REALTOR-Associate by Members shall, at all times, be subject to the provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and to the Rules and Regulations prescribed by its Board of Directors. The Board shall have the authority to control, jointly and in full cooperation with the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, use of the terms within its jurisdiction.

Section 2. REALTOR® Members of the Board shall have the privilege of using the terms REALTOR® and REALTORS® in connection with their places of business within the state or a state contiguous thereto so long as they remain REALTOR® Members in good standing. No other class of Members shall have this privilege.

Section 3. A REALTOR® Member who is a principal of a real estate firm, partnership, or corporation may use the terms REALTOR® and REALTORS® only if all the principals of such firm, partnership, or corporation who are actively engaged in the real estate profession within the state or a state contiguous thereto are REALTOR® Members of the Board or Institute Affiliate Members as described in Section 1(b) of Article IV. In the case of a REALTOR member who is a principal of a real estate firm, partnership, or corporation whose business activity is substantially all commercial, the right to use the term REALTOR or REALTORS shall be limited to office locations in which a principal, partner, corporate officer, or branch office manager of the firm,
partnership, or corporation holds REALTOR membership, if a firm, partnership, or corporation operates additional places of business in which no principal, partner, corporate officer, or branch office manager holds REALTOR membership, the term REALTOR or REALTORS may not be used in any reference to those additional places of business. (Amended 1/01).

Section 4. REALTOR-Associate Members of the Board shall have the right to use the term REALTORAssociate  so long as they remain REALTOR-Associate Members in good standing and the REALTOR Member with whom they are associated as independent contractors or by whom they are employed is also a REALTOR Member in good standing.

Section 5. Institute Affiliate Members shall not use the terms REALTOR®, REALTORS®, or REALTORAssociate  nor the imprint of the emblem seal of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.