Committee updates broker/contact page and flags intermediary notice misuse risks

A redesigned broker/contact page previewed at the meeting drew praise for clarity (two‑column layout, bolded role labels). Members suggested bolding the labels "Represents seller only" and "Represents buyer only" so agents and consumers can see the relationship quickly.

Legal members cautioned the intermediary block might be misread as formal consent or as satisfying statutory appointment/consent requirements. "I'm worried that it will be attempted to be used for that," one attorney said, urging a parenthetical or top‑of‑form note that broker contact information is not a substitute for required legal consents. The committee asked staff to change the heading to "Broker contact information" and add brief clarifying language that the block provides contact details and is not itself a replacement for statutory appointment or consent procedures.

The committee also discussed whether to require license numbers and whether to show corporate/business entity numbers to avoid confusion among DBAs. Members concluded that license numbers remain useful to identify sponsoring brokers in complex brokerage structures.