Legal Hotline Gabriel Walsh IAR Legal Counsel The

Legal Hotline Gabriel Walsh – IAR Legal Counsel

�The hotline is generally open the following hours: Monday-Thursday 9: 00 AM – 11: 00 AM 1: 00 PM – 3: 00 PM Friday 9: 00 AM to 12: 00 PM Hours of Service

�By Phone During ◦ 888 -636 -2622 Hotline Hours By Email: - legalhotline@iowarealtors. com Hours may be limited/may not be available when IAR Legal Counsel has other Association obligations or is away from the office Ways to Contact the Hotline

The Legal Hotline Do’s and Dont’s What you need to know………

DO DO NOT � Understand � Call there are 7500 members and one attorney staffing the hotline – please be patient and you will get a response – it may take a few days… the hotline with some urgent matter where you think the hotline can give you immediate assistance – any such matter is one for your personal attorney Response Time….

DO DO NOT � Provide � Identify enough general information for the hotline to answer your question – (i. e. a seller does x and then a buyer does y, what happens if…. ) names of parties or any information that is specific about a transaction – there is NOT Confidentiality between a hotline attorney and a member Information provided to the hotline. .

DO DO NOT � Ask the hotline a question about a legal real estate topic in general terms (i. e. does a seller have an obligation to disclose that there are termites in the house) – the hotline can help you identify sources of law and what legal authority may govern the question for advice, whether something is okay or legal, or what course of action you should take (i. e. my seller said there were some bugs that looked like termites a year or two ago but not sure – should that be disclosed? ) Is this course of action okay? Is what I am doing Legal?

�IAR Legal Website Legal Hotline Web Information

� The hotline attorney IS NOT your attorney � Information is intended to be general and educational and to lower risk of members in the real estate profession � If you need advice on a course of action to take, you must call your own attorney – the hotline DOES NOT offer legal advice � Any information told to the hotline attorney is NOT CONFIDENTIAL – you must hire your own attorney to have an attorney-client relationship Please Remember

�The Iowa Association of REALTORS® wants to do all it can to help our members be the best they can be. The hotline is intended to make people more aware of legal information which makes them better REALTORS. Please understand that some questions require your own lawyer. Its not that we don’t want to help. Its that we can’t for the reasons identified in these slides and on the website. Thank you for your membership! The Hotline Wants to Help YOU!!