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Wis. Stat. § 452.134

Agency relationships; multiple representation relationships

Redline — January 1, 2005 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2005
(1) Agency relationship not required. (a) Subject to par. (b) , a broker may provide brokerage services to any person in a transaction, whether or not the broker has entered into an agency agreement with a party to the transaction or the broker has been engaged to provide brokerage services in the transaction as a subagent. (b) A broker may not negotiate on behalf of a party to a transaction unless a party to the transaction is one of the following: 1. The broker's client. 2. A client of a principal broker who has engaged the broker as a subagent.
(1) Agency relationship not required. (a) Subject to par. (b) , a firm and any licensees associated with the firm may provide brokerage services to any party, whether or not the firm has entered into an agency agreement with a party or the firm has been engaged to provide brokerage services as a subagent. (b) A firm and any licensees associated with the firm may not negotiate on behalf of a party to a transaction unless a party to the transaction is one of the following: 1. The firm's client. 2. A client of a principal firm who has engaged the firm as a subagent.
(2) Multiple representation relationships; consent required. A broker may not provide brokerage services in a multiple representation relationship unless all of the broker's clients in the multiple representation relationship have consented to a multiple representation relationship in writing.
(2) Multiple representation relationships. A firm and any licensees associated with the firm may not provide brokerage services in a multiple representation relationship unless all of the firm's clients in the multiple representation relationship have consented to a multiple representation relationship in writing.
(3) Designated agency; consent required. (a) A broker in a multiple representation relationship may not engage in designated agency unless all of the broker's clients in the relationship have consented to designated agency in writing. A client may withdraw consent to designated agency by written notice to the broker at any time. (b) If a broker is engaged in designated agency, the broker's employee who is negotiating on behalf of a client of the broker in the transaction may provide to the client on whose behalf the employee is negotiating information, opinions, and advice to assist the client in the negotiations, whether or not the information, opinions, and advice place the interests of one of the broker's clients ahead of the interests of another client of the broker.
(3) Designated agency. (a) A firm in a multiple representation relationship may not engage in designated agency unless all of the firm's clients in the relationship have consented to designated agency in writing. A client may withdraw consent to designated agency by written notice to the firm at any time. (b) If a firm is engaged in designated agency, the licensee associated with the firm that is negotiating on behalf of a client of the firm in the transaction may provide to the client on whose behalf the licensee is negotiating information, opinions, and advice to assist the client in the negotiations, whether or not the information, opinions, and advice place the interests of one of the firm's clients ahead of the interests of another client of the firm.
(4) Multiple representations relationship without designated agency. If a broker's client in a multiple representation relationship does not consent to designated agency or withdraws consent to designated agency, the broker and the broker's employees may not place the interests of any client ahead of the interests of any other in the negotiations.
(4) Multiple representation relationships without designated agency. If a firm's client in a multiple representation relationship does not consent to designated agency or withdraws consent to designated agency, the firm and any licensees associated with the firm may not place the interests of any client ahead of the interests of any other in the negotiations.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.