Kansas Administrative Regulations Agency 86 - KANSAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
Here’s a clearer breakdown of Kansas Administrative Regulations, Agency 86 (Kansas Real Estate Commission):
📌 Organizational Structure of KAR 86
Agency 86 covers administrative rules governing real estate licensing in Kansas. Here's the layout:
Article 1 – Examination & Registration (§ 86‑1‑1 to 86‑1‑20)
This covers application procedures, required documentation, fees, fingerprinting, education prerequisites, and exam requirements. For example, Section 86‑1‑19 outlines that applicants must submit fingerprints, disclose convictions, provide license histories, and other supporting documents (law.cornell.edu).
Article 2 – Authority & Procedure (§ 86‑2‑1 to 86‑2‑8)
Defines the Commission's powers, hearing procedures, enforcement authority, and rulemaking processes.
Article 3 – Licensed Persons & Their Duties (§ 86‑3‑1 to 86‑3‑31)
Specifies licensee obligations, including record retention, trust account maintenance, transaction numbering, disclosures, and handling client funds.
Section 86‑3‑10 mandates brokers to maintain copies of sales contracts, closing statements, escrow receipts, correspondence, and related records for at least three years (law.cornell.edu, regulations.justia.com).
Additional rules (e.g., 86‑3‑18, 86‑3‑22) define trust‑account documentation and unique transaction numbering systems (kslegresearch.org).
🛠 Key Highlights
📝 Licensing Requirements (Article 1)
Applicants must disclose and document any criminal or disciplinary history, provide fingerprints, and furnish prior license records and application fees (law.cornell.edu).
Fees, course requirements, and fingerprint standards are set out, with recent updates exempting military spouses from fingerprint/license fees and defining synchronous distance education standards (klrd.gov).
🏦 Broker Obligations (Article 3)
Brokers must retain real estate business records for at least three years in paper or digital form (regulations.justia.com).
Trust account records must include detailed ledgers, monthly reconciliations, deposit slips, voided checks, etc. (kslegresearch.org).
Unique transaction numbers are required to track funds and documentation consistently across all records (kslegresearch.org).
✅ Compliance & Updates
Kansas updates these regulations quarterly. The most recent official versions (as of Mar. 27, 2025) reflect the current standards (regulations.justia.com).
Proposed changes (e.g., those slated for Nov. 18, 2024) include fee adjustments and clearer definitions for distance education (klrd.gov).
🔎 Where to Find the Regulations
The Kansas Secretary of State (“SOS”) website lists Agency 86 regulations by section.
Interactive versions (e.g., via Legal Information Institute / Cornell) allow browsing by Article and Section (law.cornell.edu).
Justia and Kansas Legislative Research Department (KLRD) host updated PDFs detailing each rule and recent amendments (regulations.justia.com).
If You’d Like More Specifics…
– A deep dive into a particular rule (e.g., trust account details in § 86‑3‑18, disciplinary standards): let me know!
– I can pull up the latest PDF of the Commission’s proposed amendments or provide direct links to official text.
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