Georgia has NOT enacted its own standalone statute codifying buyer-representation-agreement requirements in reaction to the August 2024 national NAR settlement, unlike Texas (SB 1968) or California (AB 2992). Instead, Georgia's framework rests on two layers: (1) a long-standing state law, BRRETA (O.C.G.A. § 10-6A), in effect since 1994, which already required any broker-client relationship (buyer or seller) to be formed via a written "brokerage engagement" agreement — well before the NAR settlement existed; and (2) the national NAR settlement's MLS participation rules, implemented locally through Georgia MLS (GAMLS) and FMLS, which added the settlement-specific requirements (written agreement before touring homes, conspicuous and objectively ascertainable compensation terms, a compensation cap, and a "fees are negotiable" disclosure), effective August 17, 2024, with MLS compensation fields removed effective August 13, 2024. These settlement-driven requirements are operationalized through Georgia Association of Realtors (GAR) standard contract forms (e.g., the F101 Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Engagement Agreement), which have been updated for 2025 and 2026, rather than through new legislation. So Georgia is best characterized as a hybrid of "pre-existing state statute (BRRETA) + national MLS/NAR settlement rule," not a new dedicated post-settlement statute.
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