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  Best Practices: What to do if Your Seller has COVID-19  
 
By Christal Keegan, NVR Legal Information Line Attorney

Our members have reached out to the Legal Information Line requesting information on what a listing agent should do if their seller has confirmed COVID-19.  In response, Nevada REALTORSⓇ (NVR) offers the following best practices to provide guidance in that instance.

Click here to read the full article with best practices included.
 

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  FAQs PART III: NVR Eviction Moratorium Webinar  
  Nevada REALTORSⓇ hosted a second webinar on the eviction moratorium on July 14 to clarify the continued flow of questions from its members on this topic. You can view that video recording here. The total number of attendees at this webinar was over double the amount of members who attended the first webinar, which held July 1. The initial webinar recording can be viewed here.

The upward trend of questions into NVR's Legal Information Line, along with the growing number of attendees at these webinars, supports the need for continued education and information on this topic. As such, we provided the following questions, which were sent in to the webinar panelists via its chat feature. Please stay tuned for information on NVR's upcoming webinars.

View the NVR document with some of the key questions asked during the webinars by clicking here.
 

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  Governor extends Directive indefinitely  
  On Friday, Governor Sisolak announced that he has extended his directive - which was originally set to expire July 31 - for an indefinite period. The best place to find all of the up-to-date information and better understand how the Governor is making his decisions is through the Nevada Health Response Center, in coordination with the Local Empowerment Advisory Panel (LEAP) and the Governor's Office. Those groups are working together weekly, releasing general guidance for individuals and businesses for the reopening, in alignment with the Nevada United: Roadmap to Recovery.  

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  UPDATED GUIDANCE: Open House, In-Person Showings  
 
By Tiffany Banks, Nevada REALTORS® General Counsel  

Governor Sisolak signed an emergency directive Friday night, extending previous COVID-19 mitigation directives set to expire July 31 for an indefinite period.  A long-term mitigation strategy will be unveiled later this week. For REALTORS®, this means that Open Houses and In-Person Showings of Tenant Occupied properties is still PROHIBITED.  There are no exceptions.   
 
Read the full article from NVR General Counsel Tiffany Banks here.
 

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  Deadlines approaching for award nominations  
  Nevada REALTORS® is accepting nominations for 2020 REALTOR® of the Year Award (ROY), Distinguished REALTOR® Award (NDRA) and REALTOR® Active in Politics award (RAP). The deadline for the NDRA and RAP awards is Wednesday, Sept. 30. The ROY award deadline is August 14. Nominate a deserving REALTOR® today! Click here to submit a nomination.  

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