{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-20.6-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20.6-3","heading":"Relationships — Creation and presumption.","body":"(a) It shall be presumed that all licensees in a real estate transaction are transaction facilitators unless the licensee obtains the informed, written consent of a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord with an executed mandatory relationship disclosure to represent that person as a designated client representative.\n(b) The provisions of this chapter are expressly intended to abrogate the common law of agency; no type of agency representation shall be assumed by a brokerage, principal broker, licensee, buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord nor shall agency representation be created by implication.\n(c) Types of relationships. The following types of relationships are recognized:\n(1) Assistance as a transaction facilitator to assist one or more customers; and\n(2) Representation of a buyer, seller, tenant, or landlord as a designated client representative.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 20.6 Relationships in Residential Real Estate Transactions"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-20.6/5-20.6-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:30:54Z","sha256":"23eac91e22757ae226da6088487180d9e51665bb99dbf16cf6b5a44e5d8cd081","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-20.6-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-20.6-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}