Agency and Fiduciary Duties, 17% of the examination
General agent
An agent with ongoing authority across a continuing series of transactions within a defined scope.
A property manager is a common example of a general agent. A special agent has authority for a particular transaction or narrow purpose, as a listing broker normally does. A power of attorney can grant narrow or broad authority; its actual language and statutory limits determine the scope, rather than the document's title automatically creating universal authority.
See also
Test the distinction
A relevant question from Agency and Fiduciary Duties, selected because its facts or explanation use this concept.
A property manager authorized to handle all matters relating to one building is which kind of agent?
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