Florida REALTORS® Legal Resources

Legal Hotline - 407.438.1409
 Legal Hotline
Florida REALTORS® Legal Hotline attorneys answer questions about real estate license law and related real property issues. Attorneys also offer legal interpretations of the Florida REALTORS®/Florida Bar contract and other standard business forms and contracts.

What You Need:
Have your Florida real estate license number or NRDS number ready, since you must type in one of these numbers to reach the Legal Hotline. Once connected, calls for an attorney will be placed in a queue in the order they are received. Calls regarding ethics, MLS, or procuring cause may be redirected to someone who specializes in these areas.

Who May Use This Service?
Current Florida REALTORS® members. If your license number does not appear in our computer system, you will not be able to speak with an attorney.
Local board/association attorneys, executive officers and staff.
Private attorneys who represent a current member as long as the member is also on the line.

Cost: FREE! As a member service, there is no charge to access the Legal Hotline. If you are calling from outside the 407 area code, you may incur a long-distance telephone charge.
 
Online Legal Questions
Online QuestionsSave time: Ask a question online! Legal questions may now be emailed to the Legal Hotline. Members will receive a live callback from a Legal Hotline attorney.
https://www.floridarealtors.org/LegalCenter/helpline/Member/Legal-Question-Form.cfm
 
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Legal Action Fund
The Legal Action Fund of Florida REALTORS® is available to support members, local Realtor Boards/Associations or those persons involved in litigation that has significance to REALTORS® and REALTOR® -Associates as a class, private property rights, or the real estate industry as a whole. Cases shall be limited to those based on points of law and not on factual issues. The Legal Action Fund is administered by the Legal Action Fund Committee within approved guidelines and procedures.

Links to the Legal Action Fund guidelines and the Legal Action Fund application are available on www.floridarealtors.org
 
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Legal Stories and News
StoriesIf it’s legal news important to REALTORS®, you can be sure that Florida REALTORS® will have it covered, right on the front page of www.floridarealtors.org!