Georgia — Agency (BRRETA) — Georgia Real Estate — State Law Practice Test
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Under Georgia BRRETA, a broker holding earnest money for a client must promptly account for the funds. Which client duty does this reflect?
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This Georgia Real Estate — State Law Georgia — Agency (BRRETA) practice set has 22 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation.
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Under Georgia's BRRETA (O.C.G.A. §10-6A), what is the key distinction between a 'client' and a 'customer'?
- A client has signed a written brokerage engagement and is owed agency duties; a customer has not — Correct answer
- A client pays the commission, while a customer never pays anything
- A client is always the buyer, and a customer is always the seller
- There is no legal difference; the terms are interchangeable in Georgia
Explanation: Under BRRETA a client has signed a written brokerage engagement and is owed agency duties, while a customer has no such engagement and is owed only honesty and ministerial acts. The signed engagement is what creates the agency relationship. Client（委托人 / cliente）: a party who has signed a brokerage engagement; Customer（顾客 / cliente sin contrato de agencia）: a party with no brokerage engagement. Source: O.C.G.A. §10-6A-3.
Handbook: Georgia Agency (BRRETA) — client vs customer (O.C.G.A. §10-6A-3)
Under Georgia BRRETA, how is a brokerage (agency) relationship between a broker and a client created?
- By a written brokerage engagement signed by the client — Correct answer
- Automatically, the moment a broker shows a buyer any property
- By an oral promise to find a property, with no writing required
- By the broker filing a registration with the Georgia Real Estate Commission
Explanation: BRRETA requires a written brokerage engagement to create an agency relationship; without a signed engagement the person is only a customer. Agency is not implied from showing property or casual help. Brokerage engagement（经纪委托协议 / contrato de corretaje）: the written agreement that makes a person a client. Source: O.C.G.A. §10-6A-3; §10-6A-5.
Handbook: Georgia Agency (BRRETA) — creation by written brokerage engagement (O.C.G.A. §10-6A-3)
Under Georgia BRRETA, a person who has NOT signed a brokerage engagement (a customer) is entitled to which level of service from a broker?
- Ministerial acts only, plus honesty and disclosure of known adverse material facts — Correct answer
- The full agency duties of loyalty and confidentiality
- A fiduciary duty to put the customer's interests above all others
- Nothing at all; a broker owes a customer no duties whatsoever
Explanation: A customer is owed only ministerial acts plus honesty and disclosure of known adverse material facts — not the agency duties (loyalty, confidentiality, etc.) owed to a client. No engagement means no agency duties. Ministerial acts（事务性行为 / actos ministeriales）: routine help such as showing property or providing forms, involving no agency representation. Source: O.C.G.A. §10-6A-3; §10-6A-5.
Handbook: Georgia Agency (BRRETA) — customer gets ministerial acts only (O.C.G.A. §10-6A-3 / §10-6A-5)