Legal Services

REALTOR® Members of the REALTORS® Association of Northeast Wisconsin are also members of the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA), and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The WRA offers Legal Services to REALTORS by phone, email, and fax, and has a comprehensive Legal Section on their website at www.wra.org. NAR has information on federal laws and legislation as well at www.nar.realtor.org.

Legal Hotline
One of the most valuable and popular services offered by the WRA to REALTORS® in Wisconsin is the Legal Hotline. Members can access WRA's Legal Hotline by calling 800-799-4468 or fax 608-242-2279 or visit https://www.wra.org/HotlineQuestion/ to submit a question. Must login to the WRA site. Staff attorneys are available to personally answer your legal questions.

Legal Hot Tips
Legal Hottips are brief summaries of Legal Hotline questions and answers. Hot Tips are emailed to Designated REALTORS® and subscribers every week. They are also available to all REALTOR® members on the WRA website at http://www.wra.org/Legal/Hottips/default.asp. Hot Tips are searchable by topic..

Legal Updates
WRA also provides monthly Legal Updates to Designated REALTORS® (and by subscription to other members) in their Designated REALTOR® (DR) Packets. A searchable library of Legal Updates are available to all REALTORS® online http://www.wra.org/Legal/Hottips/default.asp.

Wisconsin Statutes & Administrative Codes Relating to the Practice of Real Estate
The WRA website also offers the Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Codes, along with the Rules of the Department of Regulation and Licensing and other Wisconsin agencies. http://www.wra.org/Legal/Code_Book/default.asp

License Law Revisions
Check your Legal Updates and the WRA website's Legal Section for information on License Law revisions.
https://www.wra.org/Legal/

WRA Website Access
Registration is required to access certain areas of the WRA website www.wra.org, including the Legal Section. You will need your WRA member ID, found on the mailing label of your WRA newsletter (the Wisconsin REALTOR®), to register. You will be prompted to register or log on at each section where it is required.

National Association of REALTORS® Website Access
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) also has a very comprehensive website available to REALTOR members at www.nar.realtor.org (once known as onerealtorplace.com). Many of the sections of www.nar.realtor.org are password-protected as well, and require registration. You will need your NRDS number. You can find your NRDS number on your NAR Magazine (the REALTOR®), or by calling the RANW office.

-Content Provided by the National Association of REALTORS® and the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association