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Terms Of Use

The term Virtual Office Website ("VOW") refers to a Participant's (REALTORS®) Internet website, or a feature of a Participant's Internet website, through which the Participant provides real estate brokerage services to Registrants (clients and prospects) with whom the Participant has first established a relationship where the Registrant has the opportunity to search for MLS® data, subject to the Participant's oversight, supervision and accountability.

By agreeing to these "Terms Of Use", I (the Registrant):

Acknowledge receipt of, and have read and understand the documents published by the Real Estate Council of British Columbia and the British Columbia Real Estate Association entitled “Disclosure of Representation in Trading Services” and "Privacy Notice and Consent";

Acknowledge and understand that the Terms of Use do not create an agency relationship and do not impose a financial obligation on the Registrant or create any representation agreement between the Registrant and the Participant;

Understand that all data obtained from the VOW is intended only for your personal, non-commercial use;

Do have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale, or lease of real estate of the type being offered through the VOW;

Agree not to copy, redistribute or retransmit any of the data or information provided;

Acknowledge the Board/Association ownership of and the validity of the copyright in the MLS® database;

Agree that all information provided may be provided to the relevant Board and may be used to administer and operate the VOW and to investigate any breach of security of the data or the MLS® rules;

Agree to supply a username and a password, the combination of which must be different from those of all other Registrants on the VOW, before being permitted to search and view information from the MLS® database via the VOW;

Must provide a valid email address. The Registrant may be permitted to access the VOW only after the Participant has verified that the email address provided is valid the Registrant's agreement to the VOW's Terms of Use is confirmed;

Understand that information on this site is deemed to be valid but is not guaranteed. It is the responsibility of the registrants to confirm all information on their own. Broker may not have reviewed or approved listing enhancements. All information provided by the listing agent/broker is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified;

Understand any agreement entered into at any time between the Participant and Registrant imposing a financial obligation on the Registrant or creating agency representation of the Registrant by the Participant must be established separately from the Terms of Use, must be prominently labelled and may not be accepted solely by mouse click;

That a "mouse click" is sufficient acknowledgement and agreement to the terms;

Having agreed to the terms and conditions of use, I would like to have access to this VOW information.

Disclosure of Represented Trading Services

Considering a real estate transaction? One of the first decisions you will need to make is whether you should work with a licensed real estate professional who will represent you. Take a moment to read this important consumer protection information from the Real Estate Council of BC. This document will be available to you via your account.

Privacy Notice and Consent

To help you sell, buy or lease real estate, REALTORS®, brokerages and real estate boards need to collect, use and disclose some of your personal information. This brochure provides you with information about, and obtains your consent to, such information handling practices. This document will be available to you via your account.

Northwest MLS

Northwest MLS

Listing provided courtesy or Northwest MLo. Ine intormation contaned in this listing has not been verined by Zillow, Inc. or the MLS and should be verified the buyer.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice

Clainms of Copyright Infrigement & Related Issues (17 USC § 512 et seq.)

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. Anyone who believes their work has been reproduced in a way that constitutes copyright infringement may notify our agent by providing the following information:

Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at the site;

Identification of the material that you claim is infringing and needs to be removed, including a description of where it is located so that the copyright agent can locate it;

Your address, telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address, so that the copyright agent may contact you about your complaint; and

A signed statement that the above information is accurate; that you have a good faith belief that the identified use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf in this situation.

Upon obtaining such knowledge we will act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material. Please be aware that there are substantial penalties for false claims.

If a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, you may submit a counter notification to our agent. A valid counter notification is a written communication that incorporates the following elements:

A physical or electronic signature of the poster;

Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;

A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification;

Your name, address, and telephone number; a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the U.S., for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found; and that you will accept service of process from the complainant.

Notices of the foregoing copyright issues should be sent as follows:

By mail:

Northwest Multiple Listing Service

11430 NE 120th Street

Kirkland, WA 98034

United States

Attention: DMCA Designated Agent

By e-mail:

copyright@nwmls.com

If you give notice of copyright infringement by e-mail, an agent may begin investigating the alleged copyright infringement; however, we must receive your signed statement by mail or as an attachment to your e-mail before we are required to take any action.

This information should not be construed as legal advice. We recommend you seek independent legal counsel before filing a notification or counter-notification. For further information about the DMCA, please visit the website of the United States Copyright Office at: http://www.copyright.gov/.

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