The Commission is hiring a new Compliance Officer. Click HERE for more details on the position and how to apply.

LICENCE SUSPENSION NOTICE: The Registrar hereby gives notice that the real estate licence for Timothy Blais, salesperson with EXP Realty of Canada, Inc., is suspended effective July 3, 2026 – January 2, 2027, for violating the Real Estate Trading Act and the Commission By-law. Click HERE for more information.

DID YOU KNOW: An electronic signature date stamp replaces the ‘Dated’ line

February 7, 2017

When a consumer completes a brokerage agreement, service contract or purchase agreement with software to secure an electronic signature, and the signature field includes a date stamp, there is no requirement to fill in the ‘Dated’ line in the final section of the form.

For example, a signature provided by dotloop identifies the date and time the signature was placed on the form, as seen below.

 

dotloopexample

When using a software to secure an electronic signature that offers a similar date stamp, the section below in red does not need to be completed. It is not incorrect if it IS completed, it is simply not required.

countersignatures

Moreover, an agreement that is received from another brokerage without the ‘Dated’ line completed, but including a time stamped electronic signature, does not need to be returned to be dated.

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