Thank you Minnesota State Bar Association for making your Forms Free to the Public

The Minnesota State Bar Association just made their purchase agreement forms available free to the public.

Minnesota Standard Residential Purchase Agreement Forms Now Available to the Public (click here to access) The Minnesota State Bar Association (“MSBA”) just made their Minnesota purchase agreement forms available free to the public. Unlike the local Minnesota Realtor Association forms which are cluttered with self-serving provisions, the MSBA forms are well balanced and thorough. We recommend that you use an attorney to draft it though (it is your house at stake if you do it wrong).

The Minnesota Association of Realtors purchase agreement forms are exclusively available to Realtors and are typically the only form Minnesota consumers ever see (and they are not available to the public). For several decades there has existed a better set of purchase agreement forms that offer better protections to consumers. The Minnesota State Bar Association just made those forms available free to the Minnesota public. Next time you are buying or selling a house, insist that these forms be used. It is likely illegal and a violation of licensing laws for a Realtor to refuse to accept an offer on these forms.