Rhode Island § 5-20.6-3 § 5-20.6-3. Relationships — Creation and presumption.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 5-20.6-3 — § 5-20.6-3. Relationships — Creation and presumption.

Rhode Island·Title 5 Businesses and Professions·Ch. 5-20.6 Relationships in Residential Real Estate Transactions

§ 5-20.6-3. Relationships — Creation and presumption.
(a) It shall be presumed that all licensees in a real estate transaction are transaction
            facilitators unless the licensee obtains the informed, written consent of a buyer,
            seller, tenant, or landlord with an executed mandatory relationship disclosure to
            represent that person as a designated client representative.
         
(b) The provisions of this chapter are expressly intended to abrogate the common law of
            agency; no type of agency representation shall be assumed by a brokerage, principal
            broker, licensee, buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord nor shall agency rep

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§ 5-20.6-3. Relationships — Creation and presumption.

(a) It shall be presumed that all licensees in a real estate transaction are transaction facilitators unless the licensee obtains the informed, written consent of a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord with an executed mandatory relationship disclosure to represent that person as a designated client representative.

(b) The provisions of this chapter are expressly intended to abrogate the common law of agency; no type of agency representation shall be assumed by a brokerage, principal broker, licensee, buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord nor shall agency representation be created by implication.

(c) Types of relationships. The following types of relationships are recognized:

(1) Assistance as a transaction facilitator to assist one or more customers; and

(2) Representation of a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord as a designated client representative.

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Legislative History

P.L. 1989, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 425, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 403, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 27, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 38, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 2.