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January 31, 2025

Preprinted, Standardized Forms: You Are Practicing Law…Is it Authorized? Part 2: Legal Hotline: 2025

6 minutes

Annie Fitzsimmons, Washington Realtors Legal Hotline Lawyer, is back with another installment of "You Are Practicing Law: Is It Authorized?"

This series explores the 1985 Washington State Supreme Court case, Cultum vs. Heritage House, a cornerstone for understanding the legal boundaries of real estate brokers' authority to draft contracts. Annie explains the limitations of your authority to draft a purchase and sale agreements based on the fact that you are only permitted to complete simple, printed, standardized real estate forms that are approved by a lawyer as defined by the Washington State Supreme Court in the 1985 cult and Versus Heritage House case.

Starring Annie Fitzsimmons (WR's Legal Hotline Lawyer)

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