Alaska is a genuine outlier among the two "camps" the user described: it is NOT a pure MLS/NAR-settlement-only state like New York, but it also did NOT pass a new post-settlement statute like Texas's SB 1968 or California's AB 2992. Instead, Alaska has had its own comprehensive state statute governing real estate licensee relationships (AS 08.88.600-.695) on the books since 2005, well before the August 2024 NAR settlement, and Alaska did not amend this law in response to the settlement (confirmed by reviewing the state's official "Statutes and Regulations" compilation dated September 2024, one month after the settlement took effect, which shows no changes attributable to it). NAR's own official August 2024 report, "Written Buyer Agreements: State Groupings & Exemplar Language," classifies Alaska as one of 27 states with pre-existing state buyer-broker agreement statutes that operate independently of and take priority over the NAR settlement's MLS-participant rule. Importantly, Alaska's statute is materially different from Texas/California-style laws: it does NOT require a signed, written buyer-representation (agency) agreement before an agent may show a home. Instead, before providing "specific assistance" (which includes showing property) or entering a personal services contract, a licensee must (1) give the consumer a copy of a state-mandated disclosure pamphlet describing the types of licensee relationships (AS 08.88.615(a)(6)), and (2) obtain a signed document from the consumer disclosing which relationship applies -- representation, "specific assistance" without representation, or neutral licensee (AS 08.88.615(a)(7)). A separate written offer-time statement of the relationship is also required (AS 08.88.615(a)(8)). Alaska also independently prohibits traditional dual agency (permitting only a designated-licensee/neutral-licensee model with a required 'Waiver of Right to Be Represented' form), requires post-termination duties of accounting and confidentiality (AS 08.88.660), and requires disclosure of which party pays compensation (AS 08.88.655). Separately, Alaska real estate licensees/MLSs must also comply with the national NAR settlement's MLS Participant Rule (effective August 17, 2024), which independently requires a written buyer agreement addressing compensation terms before touring homes for any transaction listed via an NAR-affiliated MLS -- but that requirement flows from MLS participation rules, not from an amendment to Alaska's state statute.
Alaska Statutes AS 08.88.600–08.88.695 (Real Estate Brokers and Other Licensees, Article 5: "License Relationships and Duties"), implemented via 12 AAC 64.118 (Consumer Disclosure Form) and 12 AAC 64.119 (Waiver of Right to Be Represented Form) — effective The core licensee-relationship framework (AS 08.88.600–.695) has been in effect since January 1, 2005 (predating and wholly independent of the August 17, 2024 national NAR settlement). It was not amended in response to the NAR settlement. The current implementing consumer-disclosure form (Alaska Real Estate Commission Consumer Disclosure, form 08-4145) is dated Rev. 04/2024 and was adopted by reference in 12 AAC 64.118.
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