(A) A licensee may assist a party who is not the licensee’s client in a real estate transaction by doing any of the following:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4735.69

  • Licensee: means any individual licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson by the Ohio real estate commission pursuant to this chapter. See Ohio Code 4735.01
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Real estate: includes leaseholds as well as any and every interest or estate in land situated in this state, whether corporeal or incorporeal, whether freehold or nonfreehold, and the improvements on the land, but does not include cemetery interment rights. See Ohio Code 4735.01

(1) Providing information regarding lenders, inspectors, attorneys, insurance agents, surveyors, draftspersons, architects, schools, shopping facilities, places of worship, and other similar information;

(2) Providing market information or other information obtained from a property listing service or public records.

(B) A licensee who assists a party who is not the licensee’s client as permitted in division (A) of this section does not violate the agency relationship with the client, and provision of the services for that party neither forms nor implies any agency relationship with that party.