Mason County Assoc. of Realtors®

Three years ago, the WA State Legislature passed legislation requiring the Building Code Council to create rules requiring all residential buildings to be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms.

The final carbon monoxide alarm rules go into effect April 1, 2012 and your association wanted to make sure you received up-to-date information on those rules. The basics are:

• Carbon monoxide monitors must be installed in all new residential construction.
• All sellers of residential property must install carbon monoxide alarms prior to closing.
• There is NO REQUIREMENT for installation of carbon monoxide monitors in tenant-occupied housing, unless and until the property owner pulls a permit for interior remodeling.

Finally, in this legislative session Washington REALTORS® introduced SB 6472, which provides liability protection for real estate brokers should a seller fail to comply with requirements for installing carbon monoxide alarms. REALTORS® care about the safety of consumers, but should not be liable for a seller’s omission. The bill has been passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor for her signature.

For more, see the Carbon Monoxide Alarm article written by Annie Fitzsimmons, our Legal Hotline Attorney.

The 2012 REALTOR dues is now due.  The dues for 2012 is $525.00
If you would like to put it on a credit card you can by going to www.realtor.org and then to pay my dues.
You will need to know your nrds number (your National REALTOR data system #) you can find it on your mailings or I have a cheat sheet in my office.
If you would like to pay by check or MO you can mail it to the Association office at:
MCAR
PO BOX 908
Shleton, WA 98584

Or you can come on in and pay.
This is a yearly dues, The benifits of REALTOR membership are many and different for each member.  We have here at the State Level both a Tech help line and a legal Hotline both at no cost for members.
Please go to the National & State Web sites and look over all of the information you will be impressed.   www.realtor.org and www.warealtor.org.
Dues must be paid before January 31, 2012 before a late payment will be added.

NWMLS dues is not the same & was due back in November.  So paying NWMLS dues not cover your REALTOR dues. It is paying two different bills altogether.