# 14.22 Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law

**Company policy is that Associates are not to engage in the unauthorized practice of law. To do so is grounds for suspension or revocation of their real estate license.** Real estate licensees are permitted to fill in the blanks in pre-printed, standardized forms with respect to transactions handled in the usual course of business. Accordingly, a real estate licensee may fill in the blanks of a purchase and sale agreement, a promissory note for earnest money, rental agreements, and most lease agreements. The licensee, however, is to fill in the blanks at the direction of a party to the transaction, such as the seller, buyer, landlord, or tenant. **A licensee should not draft or assist in the preparation of a land sale contract (with financing terms), option contract, deed, or mortgage. All of these documents require the services of an attorney.**