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• DOES YOUR STRATA AGENT NEED TO BE LICENSED?
  
  
  YES. ALL INDIVIDUALS WORKING FOR STRATA MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT DIRECTLY PROVIDE SERVICES AS LISTED IN THE REAL ESTATE ACT OF B.C. NEED TO BE LICENSED PERSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT ACT.
  
  
• DOES YOUR STRATA MANAGEMENT COMPANY NEED TO BE LICENSED?
  
  
  YES. ALL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES IN B.C. THAT PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO STRATA CORPORATIONS MUST BE LICENSED PERSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE REAL ESTATE ACT OF B.C.
  
  
• ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROVSIONS OF THE REAL ESTATE ACT OF B.C. FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO
  
  
  YES .THERE ARE PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE LICENSING REQURIEMENT.( SEE REAL ESTATE SERVICES REGULATIONS PART TWO, DIVISION FOUR, SEC.2.17)
  
  
• HOW CAN WE FIND OUT WHETHER OUR STRATA MANAGEMNET COMPANY OR AGENT IS PROPERLY LICENSED?
  
  
  YOU CAN GO TO THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF B.C. ( THE SUPERVISING BODY OF ALL REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVINCE) WEBSITE AT WWW.RECBC.CA AND SEARCH UNDER LICENSEE INFORMATION.
  
  
• IS OUR STRATA MANAGEMENT COMPANY REQUIRED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE STRATA PROPERTY AGENTS OF B.C. ( SPA
  
  
  NO. SPABC IS AN ASSOCIATION OF MEMBER COMPANYS WHO CHOOSE TO JOIN A GROUP THAT IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL STRATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO THEIR CLIENTS AND WHO SEEK TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE STAFF.