hard · National Real Estate Exam agency

A transaction fails, and the buyer and seller each submit a written, signed demand to the broker for the same escrowed earnest money, but the demands conflict and neither party will sign a mutual release. The broker cannot get both signatures and wants to close out the file.

The broker's proper next step is to:

  1. Split the disputed deposit evenly between the buyer and the seller
  2. File an interpleader action and deposit the funds with the court
  3. Hold the funds indefinitely in the trust account and take no action
  4. Honor whichever signed demand the broker received first in time

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