North Carolina has NOT passed a state statute analogous to Texas's SB 1968 or California's AB 2992 that codifies a requirement for a written buyer representation agreement before touring/showing homes. It falls into the same category as New York: reliance on the national NAR settlement's MLS participation rule rather than a state law. Verified via NCREC's own official bulletins ("this change is mandated as part of a civil settlement between private parties and does not change or override License Law, or Commission rules") and NC REALTORS' FAQ. Separately, North Carolina DOES have a long-standing, pre-settlement state requirement (21 NCAC 58A .0104, adopted under NCGS Chapter 93A license law) that buyer agency agreements be in writing and signed -- but only by the time an offer is made, not before showings, which is more lenient than the NAR/MLS standard. NCGS 93A-13 separately bars brokers from suing to recover compensation absent a signed written agreement. The one piece of 2025 NC real estate legislation, Senate Bill 690 (enacted as Session Law 2025-52, ratified 6/26/2025, signed 7/2/2025), dealt only with permitting buyer-agent compensation to be listed in preprinted Offer to Purchase contracts (amending 21 NCAC 58A .0112) -- it did not create any pre-touring written-agreement mandate. (Note: several secondary sources mislabel this bill "SB 609"; the actual enacted bill verified against ncleg.gov is SB 690 -- SB 609 is an unrelated Mecklenburg County infrastructure bill.) So in NC, brokers who are REALTOR/MLS participants must get a written agreement before touring under the national settlement/MLS rule (since Aug 17, 2024), while non-REALTOR licensees not participating in an MLS remain bound only by the looser state rule (written agreement due by time of offer).
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