Starting immediately, the Commission's Compliance Officer, Evelyn Johnston, will be making unannounced visits to real estate offices around the state.

Mrs. Johnston explains that these visits will be in addition to her routine trust account inspections and reviews, also unannounced, which are made to determine compliance with the Real Estate License Law and Commission rules. The routine inspections are often follow-ups to earlier visits by Commission Auditor/Investigators.

In the "spot" inspections, Mrs. Johnston will be checking records, books, journals, reports and real estate licenses.

The Commission reminds brokers-in-charge and other licensees of the importance of proper record-keeping and bookkeeping procedures, and of the requirement that these records be made available to the Commission and its representatives upon request.