ELLINGTON, A.C.J.
This case requires us to determine whether the substantial compliance doctrine applies to the earnest money forfeiture statute, which provides that a seller of residential property retains all rights and remedies upon the buyer's default and is not limited to forfeiture of earnest money unless the contract so specifies in the way mandated by the statute. We hold the substantial compliance doctrine does not apply to this statute, and remand for trial...
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