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Ohio Rev. Code § 4735.70 (2026)

Dual agency definitions

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Effective:

January 1, 2005

Latest Legislation:

Senate Bill 106 - 125th General Assembly

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The following are dual agents under this chapter:

(A) A licensee who represents both the purchaser and the seller as clients in the same real estate transaction;

(B) A brokerage that represents both the purchaser and the seller as clients in the same real estate transaction;

(C) A management level licensee who represents a client in an in-company transaction. If there is more than one management level licensee affiliated with the brokerage and either of the following applies, the management level licensee is not a dual agent:

(1) The management level licensee personally represents either the seller or the purchaser in a transaction, in which case the management level licensee will represent only the interests of that licensee's client.

(2) The management level licensee is the purchaser or seller in a transaction and will represent only that licensee's interest.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: Starr v. Ohio Dept. Com., Div. of Real Est. & Prof'l Licensing, 2021 Ohio 2243 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).

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Starr v. Ohio Dept. Com., Div. of Real Est. & Prof'l Licensing, 2021 Ohio 2243 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “" R.C. 4735.70(A) and (B). Section I, Article 1 of the Canons of Ethics for the Real Estate Industry provides as follows: Licensing as a real estate broker or salesman indicates to the public at large that the individual so designated has special expertise in real estate matters…”

Allison v. Cook, 744 N.E.2d 254 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000). “*487 Dual agency in a real estate transaction is defined by R.C. 4735.70(A) to include a “licensee [real estate agent] who represents both the purchaser and seller as clients in the same real estate transaction.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 4735.70(A) — 2 cases

Starr v. Ohio Dept. Com., Div. of Real Est. & Prof'l Licensing, 2021 Ohio 2243 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “" R.C. 4735.70(A) and (B). Section I, Article 1 of the Canons of Ethics for the Real Estate Industry provides as follows: Licensing as a real estate broker or salesman indicates to the public at large that the individual so designated has special expertise in real estate matters…”

Allison v. Cook, 744 N.E.2d 254 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000). “*487 Dual agency in a real estate transaction is defined by R.C. 4735.70(A) to include a “licensee [real estate agent] who represents both the purchaser and seller as clients in the same real estate transaction.”

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