Legal FAQs

SCR Professional Standards Policy allows shielding the complainant's name only through the citation offer to the respondent. This is temporary anonymity. The citation will not have the complainant's name on the citation offer. Citations are the ethics traffic tickets. Article 12 advertising is ideal for citations. If the respondent does not accept the citation and… Continue Reading Anonymous Complaints are Actually Temporary Limited Anonymity

The potential discipline table for citations is below. Not all ethics articles are eligible for citations (e.g., serious violations, fair housing no citation). Citations were developed primarily for advertising issues. Generally, the average advertising citation (Article 12) is $350 and 4 hours of education. South Carolina REALTORS® Citation Policy This Citation Policy shall establish a… Continue Reading Citations (ethics traffic tickets)

Do not make posts or speech or writings or photos/memes involving hateful, harassing, epithets, slurs, joking "speech" including these. All human beings fit into one or more protected classes for fair housing or employment discrimination (e.g., race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation). Video by VA GC on SOP… Continue Reading NAR Ethics (November 13): No hate/harassing speech, No epithets/slurs

Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses CHAPTER 19 Gambling and Lotteries SECTION 16-19-10. Setting up lotteries. Whoever shall publicly or privately erect, set up, or expose to be played or drawn at or shall cause or procure to be erected, set up, or exposed to be played, drawn, or thrown at any lottery under the… Continue Reading Raffles, Lotteries, Drawings… High Risk

Case #17-3: Dispute Between REALTORS® of Different Boards REALTOR® A, the listing broker and a member of the X Board of REALTORS®, and REALTOR® B, the cooperating broker and a member of the Y Board of REALTORS®, disagreed as to whether REALTOR® B should participate in a commission on a sale. The property was located… Continue Reading Ethics Case 17-3 – You Decide – Commission Dispute and Arbitration(s) – 2 Boards…?

https://www.nar.realtor/about-nar/governing-documents/code-of-ethics/code-comprehension-article-16-commissions-are-negotiable SCR120 is the compensation agreement that can be used between the listing brokerage and the cooperating brokerage. https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/120.pdf Posted by: Byron King on 1/13/21 (This information is only accurate as of 1/13/21. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 1/13/21 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR… Continue Reading How to Negotiate Cooperative Commissions Ethically (SCR120)

Lack of professionalism is the #1 REALTOR® complaint nationwide. C2EX: is a good start. Please encourage all your REALTOR® friends and colleagues to get their Commitment to Excellence Designation online for free: https://www.nar.realtor/commitment-to-excellence-c2ex How to increase professionalism is the one million dollar question that no one in the USA has 100% solved since NAR was… Continue Reading Professionalism! How to increase professionalism.

http://schousing.com/home/sc-stay Posted by: Byron King on 1/13/21 (This information is only accurate as of 1/13/21. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 1/13/21 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email info or byron at screaltors.org)

Trainings Scheduled for Ethics Changes NAR will be hosting monthly trainings to provide guidance on the changes to the Code of Ethics that were approved by the NAR Board of Directors on November 13, 2020, and to provide an opportunity to ask questions of our policy experts. We hope you'll join us, and invite others… Continue Reading January 14 NAR Ethics Training on 10-5 Harass/Hate

NAR compiled what other states/associations are thinking regarding COVID issues. SCR decided against creating COVID standard forms addenda due to potential unintended/intended consequences for allowing a party to create a COVID claimed unilateral unlimited delay in the transaction which is in many other states/associations COVID forms. In SC, the parties can negotiate extensions to their… Continue Reading COVID What Other States/Associations are Thinking