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MLS Rules & Regulations Changes – Aug. 1

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The following MLS Rule and Regulations changes will go into effect August 1, 2022. All changes are in red text.
 
7.11 Detail on Listings Filed with the Service.
All listings input into the MLS shall be complete in every detail including full gross listing price, listing expiration date, compensation offered to other broker participants and any other information required to be included as determined by the MLS Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. For residential listings, the property address must be input into the MLS where one exists at the time the listing is filed, or the parcel identification number must be input instead if the property address is unavailable. If no address or parcel identification number is available at the time the residential listing is filed, the listing must, at a minimum, contain a legal description of the property sufficient to describe the location of the property. Listings that are incomplete shall be ineligible for publication in the MLS and subject to immediate removal.
11.5 Photographs on the MLS.
a. By submitting photographs to the MLS, the participant and/or subscriber represents and warrants that he or she either owns the right to reproduce and display such photographs or has procured such rights from the appropriate party, and has the authority to grant and hereby grants the MLS and the other Participants and Subscribers the right to reproduce and display the photographs in accordance with these rules and regulations. Use of photographs by a subsequent listing agent requires prior written authorization from the originating listing agent or other appropriate party with the legal right to reproduce and display such photographs. Except by the MLS for purposes of protecting its rights under Section 11.6, branding of photographs, virtual tours or any other photographic representation with any information or additional images, is prohibited. However, branded Media Links will be permitted in the Branded Media Link field for the sole purpose of transmittal to 3rd party vendors only. Upon notification to the Participant and/or Subscriber, MLS has the right to remove any photo found not to be in compliance with the MLS Rules.
 
b. At least one (1) photo or graphic image of the front exterior of the property accurately displaying the listed property (except where sellers expressly direct in writing that photographs of their property not appear in MLS compilations) is required to be posted in the primary photo position on the MLS within 1 day of submission of the listing in all categories other than business opportunity and Lots and Land.
 
c. To maintain the accuracy and efficacy of the MLS data base, the MLS will no longer remove photos from Sold listings. Alternately, to meet the requests from home buyers and sellers the MLS will update the Sold listings IDX and VOW settings to stop the listing from syndicating.
 
12.19. Virtual Office Websites [“VOW”].
[Coinciding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® VOW Policy (“VOW Policy”), available here, is adopted and incorporated herein. and set forth in Exhibit A to these C.A.R. Model MLS Rules].
 
Section 12.19.10:
Except as provided in these rules, the VOW Policy set forth in Exhibit A hereto or any other applicable MLS rules or policies, no Participant shall distribute, provide, or make accessible any portion of the MLS Listing Information to any person or entity.
 
Section 12.19.13:
A Participant who intends to operate a VOW to display MLS Listing Information must notify the MLS of its intention to establish a VOW and must make the VOW readily accessible to the MLS and to all MLS Participants for purposes of verifying compliance with these Rules, the VOW Policy set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any other applicable MLS rules or policies.
 
Section 12.19.15:
A Participant’s VOW may not make available for search by, or display to, Registrants any of the following information:
a. Expired or withdrawn listings.
b. The compensation offered to other MLS Participants.
cb. The type of listing agreement, i.e., exclusive right to sell or seller reserve.
dc. The seller’s and occupant’s name(s), phone number(s), or e-mail address(es).
ed. Instructions or remarks intended for buyer brokers only, such as those regarding showings or security of listed property.
 
Removal of APPENDIX – A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® VOW Policy (“VOW Policy”)
 
If you have any questions please contact CCAR Compliance at [email protected] or 925.295.1270.