Utah has NOT passed a new state statute codifying buyer-agent representation requirements in reaction to the August 2024 NAR settlement, unlike Texas (SB 1968, effective 2025-2026) or California (AB 2992, effective Jan. 1, 2025), which were newly enacted bills written specifically to respond to the settlement. Instead, Utah already had a pre-existing state law — Utah Code §61-2f-308 (brokerage agreements) — that has required written brokerage/agency agreements between a principal broker and a buyer-client for over a decade (last amended 2014). This is confirmed directly by NAR's own official 'Written Buyer Agreements: State Groupings' report (August 2024), which lists Utah among 27 states that ALREADY had buyer-broker agreement laws in effect before the settlement — grouping it with states like North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington rather than with 'MLS-only' states like New York. Utah Association of Realtors materials explicitly state 'Utah REALTORS® are already using written, transparent agency forms with their buyer clients' and that the settlement 'reinforced' existing state law rather than creating new obligations. So Utah sits in a middle category: it is not a pure 'NAR settlement only' state like New York (which has no state buyer-agreement statute), but it also did not pass new post-settlement legislation like Texas or California — its pre-existing state law already satisfied (and predates) the national settlement requirement. Practically, Utah buyers/agents are now governed by both: (1) the longstanding Utah Code §61-2f-308 requiring a written brokerage agreement before a broker acts as a buyer's representative (e.g., scheduling showings, advising on offers — open-house-only attendance is exempt), and (2) the national NAR/MLS-participant rule (effective Aug. 17, 2024) requiring a signed written agreement before an MLS-participant agent tours a home with a buyer, with compensation stated as a specific, non-open-ended, negotiable amount. The Utah Association of Realtors (UAR) updated its standard forms (e.g., the Buyer-Broker Agreement and the Real Estate Purchase Contract, following 2024's H.B. 500) to incorporate the settlement's compensation-disclosure and negotiability requirements, but no new bill or chapter was created in the Utah Code specifically to codify the settlement.
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