Mississippi did pass its own state statute — SB 2713 — so it is NOT a pure "rely on the national NAR settlement / MLS rule" state like New York. However, unlike Texas's SB 1968 (which tightens and formalizes the NAR settlement's pre-tour written-agreement requirement) or California's AB 2992, Mississippi's law is substantively closer to Alabama's 2025 statute: it loosens/pushes back against the NAR settlement's national MLS rule rather than reinforcing it. SB 2713 lets a consumer (buyer or seller) make an "affirmative election" of a specific brokerage service by signing a brokerage agreement, but explicitly states a licensee is NOT required to have a signed buyer brokerage agreement merely to tour a property with a prospective buyer. A written brokerage agreement IS required before a licensee lists a property for sale or submits an offer on behalf of a client/customer for compensation. This directly conflicts with the August 2024 national NAR settlement's MLS Participant rule, which requires a signed written buyer agreement before touring a home. Mississippi REALTORS supported the bill, framing it as overriding an "impractical" provision of the settlement. Companion measure SB 2748 and a proposed MREC Rule 4.3 revision also take effect around the same July 1, 2026 date, tightening other transparency/compliance requirements. Caveat: primary bill text could not be directly fetched (MS legislature site returned certificate/403 errors), so this synthesis relies on consistent secondary reporting (RISMedia, HousingWire, MS REALTORS Institute, search-engine-summarized excerpts of the official bill status pages) rather than a direct read of the enrolled statute text — recommend a follow-up direct pull of billstatus.ls.state.ms.us SB2713 text or the Mississippi Code Chapter 35 Title 73 once signed/codified for exact statutory language before using this for legal advice.
Mississippi SB 2713 (2026 Regular Session), codified within Chapter 35, Title 73, Mississippi Code of 1972 (Real Estate Brokers License Act) — effective Signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves on March 13, 2026; takes effect July 1, 2026
Facts on this page reflect research current as of 2026-07-05. Programs, rates, and laws change — confirm current figures with the relevant state agency before relying on them.