grievance committee

The function of the Grievance Committee  (part of the Statewide Professional Standards Committee) is to review complaints brought in either ethics or arbitration cases to determine whether or not an actual case exists.To hear evidence of alleged violation of one or more of the Articles of the Code of Ethics, specifically stated or of a dispute between two or more members arising from a common transaction involving the rendering of a real estate service to determine if sufficient cause exists for a hearing by the Statewide Professional Standards Committee.

The function of the Grievance Committee is to make only such preliminary investigation and evaluation of the complaint as required determining whether validity and substance of the complaint warrants further consideration by a Hearing Panel of the Statewide Professional Standards Committee.  The Grievance Committee does not conduct “hearings”.