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Editorial Board Ask The Juris Doctor

James A. Cioffi J.D., Attorney-At-Law I was recently contacted by a buyer who did not receive
Editor: James A. Cioffi all the pages of the contract from the seller. Delivery of the
james@jcclaw.com Effective Dating contract, and all accompanying disclosures and riders, is a
Feature Writers: Dawn Levinstein, POA key component of the effective date. In this instance the seller
Gail Coppage, POA Dear Juris Doctor; had not delivered the contract to the buyer and the effective
Commissioner Maria Marino I signed a contract to purchase date had not yet occurred. None of the time periods which
Katie Roundtree
Contributing a home and my inspection period were calculated from the effective date had begun. The date
Reporter: Don Kiselewski begins 15 days from the effective for inspections and the mortgage commitment due date are
date. I signed the contract on dependent upon the effective date.
Your editors strongly believe that the number May 10th. Is that the effective In another transaction, I was contacted by the listing real
of people who do become involved with any date? estate agent because the buyer’s lender requested a legible
news medium directly reflects on that medium’s Bryan in PGA National copy of the contract be circulated for signatures. It was vital
excellence, versatility and broad viewpoint. Dear Bryan; for the parties to include a provision in the second contract
Therefore, we invite PGA residents to contribute The effective date is the date on which all parties have to confirm it was a duplicate of the first and executed for
articles or current, timely news items and/or
“Letters to the Editors.” executed and delivered the contract to the other party. If you legibility purposes only. Otherwise, the second contract
Articles/letters are subject to editing and editors’ were not in the presence of the seller when you signed the would be considered a new contract with a different effective
right to publish. Submission must include writer’s contract, the effective date is the date the last person signed date from the first contract. There could have been disastrous
name, address and telephone number. Unsigned articles and initialed any changes and delivered the contract to the consequences if either party believed the second contract
/letters will not be published. Opposing views to article other party. Every contract is executed in a different manner was independent from the first. It was fortunate that the
viewpoints contained in this paper are welcome. so there are many fact scenarios to consider. I always suggest listing agent had contacted me when she received the second
Articles do not necessarily represent the viewpoint when a contract is signed that all parties communicate to contract.
of the C.A.N.! organization. Submissions should confirm the effective date. In that way everyone knows the We always want to be conscious of the execution and
be mailed or delivered by the tenth of each month date and will be in agreement when calculating time periods. delivery of contracts so that the effective date is known to
for the following month’s publication (example: by Simply circulate an e-mail so that everyone can easily confirm all parties. I call it “Effective Dating” of the contract.
January 10 for February publication) to: or voice an objection. Your real estate agent will facilitate Sincerely, J.D.
C.A.N.! Editors
or this process.
Contact the publisher for additional information
regarding submissions, fax (561) 627-9088 or e-mail Attention:
canpga@yahoo.com.
Let’s hear from you.
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