an action in any court ... for the recovery of a commission, fee, or compensation for any act done or service rendered ... which is prohibited under this chapter ... unless the person was duly licensed as a principal broker at the time of the doing of the act or rendering the service. Utah Code Ann. § 61-2-18(1) (2006). URE-BA further prohibits an unlicensed person from acting in the capacity of a "principal real estate broker," id. § 61-2-1, which includes any person "who sells or lists for sale, buys, exchanges, or auctions real estate ... with the expectation of receiving valuable consideration." Id. § 61-2-2(12)(a) (2006). The term "principal real estate broker" includes finders. See generally Diversified Gen. Corp. v. White Barn Golf Course, 584 P.2d 848, 849-51 (Utah 1978) (<HOLDING>). T 12 It is clear from the plain language of
holding prospectively that a vendees interest in a real estate contract constitutes real estate within the meaning of the judgment lien statute holding that a tax appeal on real property is a lien on the real estate and not a personal obligation of the landowner holding that the purchaser could bring a 93a claim against the real estate broker because the broker misinformed the plaintiff as to the acreage of the parcel and failed to disclose that the property was encumbered holding that a person who finds a purchaser for a property falls precisely within the statutory definition of a real estate broker holding that a contract for sale of real estate was not void where the broker failed to obtain the required licenses