Michigan License Law

Michigan's Occupational Code requires that a real estate broker maintain a trust account primarily to:

AHold the broker's personal investment funds
BSegregate client funds such as earnest money from the broker's operating funds✓ Correct
CPay licensee commissions
DCover errors and omissions insurance premiums

Explanation

Michigan brokers are required to maintain a separate trust (escrow) account to hold client funds such as earnest money deposits, keeping them segregated from the broker's own business or personal funds.

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