Ohio Association of Realtors membership dues for REALTOR members are $110. Brokers are also assessed $110 times the number of non-member salespersons in their office. A $25 new member fee is charged to all new members and cannot be prorated. Dues can be pro-rated monthly for new members based on their join date.

National Association of REALTORS 2007 membership dues are $80 per member. NAR’s Special Assessment for the Public Awareness Campaign is $35 for 2007. The assessment cannot be pro-rated. New members joining mid-year will owe the full $35. The assessment is not charged to Brokers for non-member salespersons. NAR dues can be pro-rated monthly for new members based on the join date.

Please reference the table below for accurate pro-rated dues.

February 21: The deadline for dues.
March 13: All dues received by February 21 are posted. Boards that have remitted 95% of total membership dues owed will receive administrative fees.
March 14-15: Printouts of delinquent members are sent to Local Boards.
April 1. Penalty is applied for those Boards not 90% paid. Boards that have not paid 95% of total dues owed shall forfeit entitlement to administrative fees. Note the NAR holds each Board accountable for full payment of their membership in NRDS including new members joining in February and March.

The waiver of OAR and NAR dues for REALTORS and their spouses called into active military duty, originally approved for 2002 dues after the 9/11/01 tragedies, has been extended to cover dues for 2009.

Any person who has held membership in the Ohio Association of REALTORS for a cumulative period of 50 years is not required to pay OAR dues. Any person who has held membership in the National Association of REALTORS for a cumulative period of 40 years is not required to pay NAR dues.

The Tax Reform Act of 1993 made the portion of dues paid to organizations which is spent to lobby the State and Federal governments non-deductible for income tax purposes and requires this to be disclosed to members on their dues invoice or the organization must pay an excise tax. For 2007, OAR dues of $100, 18% or $18 is non-deductible for the member’s income tax due to OAR lobbying efforts. NAR computes 23% or $15 of their dues to be non-deductible. NAR’s $30 public awareness assessment does qualify as deductible dues. The total OAR and NAR non-deductible portion of dues is $33.