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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368073</law_id><section_number>54.1-2140</section_number><catch_line>Compensation shall not imply brokerage relationship</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="13" identifier="21">Real Estate Brokers, Sales Persons and Rental Location Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Duties of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The payment or promise of payment or compensation to a <span class="dictionary">real estate broker</span> does not create a <span class="dictionary">brokerage relationship</span> between any broker, seller, landlord, buyer or tenant.</p></section></text><history>1995, cc. 741, 813.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
