Grant Cody, Executive Director
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission
1915 N. Stiles Ave., #200
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Re: Teehee, Case No. C-2024-188
Dear Director Cody:
This office has received your request for a written Attorney General Opinion regarding action that the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission (“OREC”) intends to take with respect to Jessee Teehee (“Respondent”).
The Oklahoma Real Estate License Code (“Code”) authorizes the Commission to impose sanctions, including revocation, on a licensee who displays “conduct which constitutes untrustworthy, improper, fraudulent, or dishonest dealings”; or “disregard[s] or violat[es] any provision of the [Code] or rules promulgated by the Commission;” or “[f]ailing, within a reasonable time, to account for or to remit any monies, documents, or other property coming into possession of the licensee which belong to others.” 59 O.S.2021, § 858-312(6, 8–9); see also OAC 605:10-17-4(19) and 5(2).
According to an OREC complaint, in May 2024, Respondent violated OREC rules by electronically signing transaction documents on behalf of a client, without the client’s consent, and failed to promptly provide his client with all transaction documents for the client’s review prior to or after their execution. The Respondent also failed to keep his client informed regarding the transaction. After the complaint was filed, Respondent altered and falsified documents he provided to the OREC and represented them as true in his written response. Finding clear and convincing evidence following a hearing before a hearing examiner and a review of the record, the OREC proposes to suspend Respondent’s license for three (3) years and assess a total fine of $5,000, specifically itemized as follows: $1,500 for altering documents and submitting them to the OREC as authentic and for making false statements to Respondent’s broker and the OREC; $500 for failing to provide his client with copies of transaction documents; $1,500 for knowingly providing false or misleading information (including documents which had been altered) to the OREC; $1,000 for interfering with the investigation, tampering with evidence by altering documents, and withholding evidence by failing to deliver authentic copies of documents to the OREC; and $500 for failing to keep his client informed regarding the transaction. The OREC may reasonably believe that the proposed action is necessary to deter future violations and to protect the public.
It is, therefore, the official opinion of the Attorney General that the OREC has adequate support for the conclusion that this action advances the State’s policy to uphold standards of professionalism among real estate licensees.
Cheryl Dixon
Deputy General Counsel
