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Section 34-27-86

Misrepresentation or false information given by licensee.

(a) A client is not liable for a misrepresentation made by a broker in connection with the broker providing brokerage services unless the client knows or should have known of the misrepresentation or the broker is repeating a misrepresentation made by the client to the broker.

(b) A licensee shall not be liable for providing false information to a party in a real estate transaction if the false information was provided to the licensee by a client of the licensee or by a customer or by another licensee unless the licensee knows or should have known that the information was false.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-211, p. 341, §7.)