March Form of the Month: OREF-112 Translation and Interpretation Services Affidavit

FORM OF THE MONTH

From contracts to client communications, the property buying and selling process involves a lot of language. So, what do you do if your client speaks and reads a different language than you? You use a translator/interpreter! And you take advantage of OREF Form 112, our Translation and Interpretation Services Affidavit, which is a useful risk-reduction tool when agents and clients can’t directly communicate.

Once the client has identified their contracted translator/interpreter, this affidavit helps to establish a mutual understanding of the provided services, confirming their qualifications, defining the service scope, and requiring them to identify any communication or document that they don’t understand. Then, you can move straight to the important part – the property purchase!

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