§ 441. Application for license. 1. Form. (a) Any person,\ncopartnership, limited liability company or corporation desiring to act\nas a real estate broker or any person desiring to act as a real estate\nsalesperson on or after the first day of October, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-two, shall file with the department of state at its office in\nAlbany an application for the kind of license desired, in such form and\ndetail as such department shall prescribe and conforming to the\nrequirements of section 3-503 of the general obligations law, setting\nforth the following, if the application be for a broker's license:\n (i) The name and residence address of the applicant, and if an\nindividual the name under which they intend to conduct business.\n (ii) If the applicant be a copartnership the name and residence\naddress of each member thereof and the name under which the business is\nto be conducted; or, if the applicant be a limited liability company,\nthe name of the company, and the name and residence of each of its\nmembers; or, if the applicant be a corporation, the name of the\ncorporation and the name and residence address of each of its officers.\n (iii) The place or places, including the city, town or village, with\nthe street and number, where the business is to be conducted.\n (iv) The business or occupation theretofore engaged in by the\napplicant, or, if a copartnership, by each member thereof, or, if a\nlimited liability company, by each member thereof, or, if a corporation,\nby each officer thereof, for a period of two years, immediately\npreceding the date of such application, setting forth the place or\nplaces where such business or occupation was engaged in and the name or\nnames of employers, if any.\n (v) The form, information and statement required by section 3-503 of\nthe general obligations law.\n (b) Such further information as the department may reasonably require\nshall be furnished by the applicant including sufficient proof of having\ntaken and passed a written examination and answered such questions as\nmay be prepared by the department to enable it to determine the\ntrustworthiness of the applicant if an individual, or of each member of\na co-partnership or each member of a limited liability company or each\nofficer of a corporation for whom a license as a broker is asked, and\ntheir competency to transact the business of real estate broker in such\na manner as to safeguard the interests of the public. In determining\ncompetency, the department shall require proof that the person being\ntested to qualify to apply for a broker's license has a fair knowledge\nof the English language, a fair understanding of the general purposes\nand general legal effect of deeds, mortgages, land contracts of sale,\nand leases, a general and fair understanding of the obligations between\nprincipal and agent, has taken a class on cultural competency training,\na general and fair understanding of the laws, rules and regulations\npertaining to fair housing and discrimination in the sale or rental of\nreal property or an interest in real property, as well as of the\nprovisions of this section. The applicant must also furnish proof that\nthey have attended for at least one hundred fifty-two hours and has\nsuccessfully completed a real estate course or courses approved by the\nsecretary of state as to method and content and supervision which\napproval may be withdrawn if in the opinion of the secretary of state\nsaid course or courses are not being conducted properly as to method,\ncontent and supervision, and that either the applicant has actively\nparticipated in the general real estate brokerage business as a licensed\nreal estate salesperson under the supervision of a licensed real estate\nbroker for a period of not less than two years or has had the equivalent\nexperience in general real estate business for a period of at least\nthree years, the nature of which experience shall be established by\naffidavit duly sworn to
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