Oklahoma is essentially a "New York-style" state for the core NAR settlement requirement: the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission (OREC) explicitly states in its own official FAQ that "the State of Oklahoma is not a party to any settlement agreement" and that OREC "is NOT responsible for enforcement" of the practice changes — enforcement rests entirely with local MLS boards and REALTOR associations, per the national NAR settlement (effective 8/17/2024). OREC provides an optional (not legally mandatory) "Buyer Broker Service Agreement" form as a convenience. However, Oklahoma is not a pure "does nothing" state either: (1) a real, narrow state statute already caps any buyer-broker agreement's duration at 1 year, effective 11/1/2024; and (2) in 2026 the legislature passed and the Governor signed SB 1217, which amends the Broker Relationships Act to affirmatively prohibit brokers from being required to sign a buyer-broker agreement before showing property — moving Oklahoma in the opposite direction from Texas's SB 1968 (which mandates written buyer representation agreements) by codifying that no such requirement can be imposed by law, even as MLS/REALTOR rules still require it for MLS participants. Earlier 2024-25 bills (SB 877, SB 1225, and a similarly-named-but-different 2023-24 SB 1217) either addressed unrelated topics or did not become the operative real-estate buyer-agreement law; SB 1217 (2025-26 session) is the one that actually passed and was signed. Bottom line: no Texas/California-style mandatory written buyer-agreement statute exists in Oklahoma; the touring-agreement requirement is purely an MLS/NAR settlement rule, while state law only touches duration caps and (via new SB 1217) an anti-mandate provision.
Oklahoma does NOT have a comprehensive statute mandating buyer representation agreements like Texas SB 1968. It has (1) a narrow pre-existing statute capping buyer-broker agreement duration at 1 year (amendment effective 11/1/2024, part of Title 59 O.S. Broker Relationships Act, §858-351 et seq.), and (2) newly enacted SB 1217 (signed by the Governor May 7, 2026), which amends 59 O.S. §858-355.1 to PROHIBIT requiring a broker to enter into a written agreement before showing property — i.e., Oklahoma legislatively declined to adopt a Texas-style mandate and instead protects against one being imposed by state law. — effective The MLS/NAR settlement practice change (written agreement required before touring homes, for MLS participants/REALTORS only) took effect August 17, 2024 nationally, including in Oklahoma, and is enforced by MLS/REALTOR boards, NOT the state. Separately, the state-law cap limiting buyer-broker agreements to a maximum of 1 year took effect November 1, 2024. Most recently, SB 1217 was approved by the Governor on May 7, 2026 (passed Senate 46-0 on 3/24/2026, House 68-17 on 5/4/2026); Oklahoma non-emergency legislation defaults to a November 1 effective date, so absent a confirmed emergency clause this would take effect November 1, 2026 — this specific date could not be independently confirmed from the enrolled bill text (site access blocked), so treat it as the likely default rather than fully verified.
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