Legal Hotlines for Brokers
Both the Kansas Association of REALTORS® and the Missouri Association of REALTORS® offer Legal Hotline service programs. Please direct your questions to them, as outlined below.
About the KAR Legal Hotline…
The Kansas Legal Hotline is a program developed to provide quick access to Vern Jarboe, a legal expert in the field of real estate. With your Legal Hotline subscription, you can make unlimited free phone calls and receive a summary of your conversation.
KS Hotline Number: (913) 299-2009
Hours: 10 a.m. - Noon and 2-4 p.m.
Days of operation: Monday-Friday except holidays
Access:
This hotline is open to the Designated REALTOR® Broker of KAR member firms. When you call the hotline, you’ll need to identify yourself by name to verify you’re an authorized user.
Vern Jarboe is familiar with the KCRAR forms. A partner with the Sloan law firm, he has been the Legal Hotline attorney for KAR since it began in 1998. The hotline is intended to provide information and education; it is not a substitute for legal counsel.
If additional research is necessary, questions will be answered within 24 hours. Additonally, Vern provides a follow-up letter to the caller within 48 hours of the answer. If Vern is not personally available, one of his partners will take care of you.
About the MAR Legal Hotline…
The Missouri Legal Hotline is a service for the Designated Broker of each member firm whose State-level membership is with MAR. Under the management of Steven D. Graham, the St. Louis firm of Thompson Coburn LLP has 11 attorneys experienced in the field of real estate available to answer your questions.
MO Hotline Number: (314) 552-6314
Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Days of operation: Monday-Friday except holidays
Access:
This hotline is open to the Designated REALTOR® Broker of MAR member firms and others with authorization.
NEW in 2009: because of rising costs, each call will carry a service fee of $20 starting in January 2009. MAR Designated REALTORS® need to sign and submit an "Acknowledgment and Consent Form" to MAR prior to January 1, 2009. To have the form faxed to you, call Opal Evans, MAR Director of Risk Management, or her assistant Heidi Jenkins, at 1-800-403-0101.
Brokers may provide authorization for other salespeople in their companies by calling MAR at (800) 403-0101, ext. 122. The hotline is intended to provide information and education; it is not a substitute for legal counsel. More details are available at www.missourirealtor.org. (Click on “Legal Services” at the homepage.)