Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Phone (803) 799-7167 Fax (803) 256-8125

A broker-in-charge license is required for membership in Consolidated Multiple Listing Service (CML).

An initiation fee of $700 must be submitted with the application. Any company applying for membership must contact the CMLS to request an Application along with the most current Bylaws and Operating Rules.

All Members must maintain an office in accordance with State Law.**

**State Law (Real Estate License Law by SC Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation) Section 40-57-135 (C)

A licensed broker-in-charge or property manager-in-charge shall establish and maintain a specific office location which must be accessible by the public during reasonable business hours.

Member: Those eligible for membership in CMLS shall consist of Owners who are or who employ Brokers-in-Charge holding licenses allowing them to engage in the real estate business in South Carolina.

--A copy of the Broker-in-Charge License and Business License must be submitted, if required by town/city/county.

--A Consumer Authorization for a national background check must be signed by Broker-in-Charge along with all individuals who have interest in the company and/or officers of the company (to be filled out for each individual).

--Proof of E&O insurance must be submitted with application. If a Member does not have or maintain at least $500,000 in Errors and Omissions insurance, it shall disclose that fact on each document required to be executed in the course of creating a listing. The Member shall also disclose that fact on the Listing Input Sheet and CMLS will include the following statement on any publication of that listing: “The Listing Company for this property does not maintain Errors and Omissions insurance.”

Written Agreement. Each listing submitted to CMLS by a Member, the Member shall have a written Listing Agreement with the property owner.

Within three business days of completion of orientation and CMLS system training, if needed, CMLS shall grant the Owner membership in CMLS. If the applicant, (Member, if orientation has been completed) has previously been trained in the use of CMLS’s systems (by CMLS or another MLS), CMLS shall immediately provide the applicant all passwords and other information and materials necessary for him or her to submit listings into CMLS, to access CMLS’s database of listings (including confidential or broker-to-broker information fields), and to use any product or service provided by CMLS. If the new applicant has not previously been trained in the use of CMLS’s systems, CMLS shall provide such information and materials after the new applicant has completed training in the use of CMLS’s systems. CMLS shall offer training in the use of its systems no less frequently than once every two weeks, if needed.