Regulators and policy bodies
The only authorities on licensing scope. Where a story turns on what a coordinator may legally do, the answer comes from here.
- California Department of Real EstateConfirmed
Unlicensed assistant guidance, the quarterly Real Estate Bulletin and the DRE Updates newsroom.
Winter 2026 bulletin current
The detailed companion to the DRE's unlicensed assistants page.
- Texas Real Estate CommissionConfirmed
Guidance on unlicensed individuals assisting with Texas transactions, grounded in TRELA and Rules 535.4 and 535.5.
Licensing and FREC materials. No single page on permitted unlicensed assistant duties.
Enforcement side of section 475.42 of the Florida Statutes.
- NAR newsroomConfirmed
MLS rules, Clear Cooperation and buyer agreement changes.
Annual survey of foreign buyer and seller activity. Drives the FIRPTA, all-cash and identity-verification questions that land on the coordinator.
2026 edition, published July 2026Watch: Annual, published mid-year. Survey window runs April to March.
- IRS, FIRPTA withholdingConfirmed
The withholding rules that apply when the seller is a foreign person. Names the withholding agent, the rate and the residence exception.
Watch: Check when the IRS updates the page or the forms change.
- NAR settlement factsConfirmed
Practice change reference material maintained by NAR.
Companion to the state-by-state unlicensed assistants table, which is dated 2017.
Annual chart of California legislation affecting real estate practice, with code citations and effective dates. The single densest source of forms and disclosure changes on the California beat.
2026 chart, revised 5 January 2026Watch: Annual, published around the turn of the year, then revised.
- California Legislative InformationConfirmed
Full text of every California bill. Where a summary and the statute disagree, this is the one that governs.
Watch: Check when a bill is cited; the text is the authority.
The Residential Real Estate Rule, in effect for closings from 1 March 2026 and vacated by the Eastern District of Texas on 19 March 2026. FinCEN's page carries its statement that reporting is not required while the order stands, and that it has appealed.
18 August 2026, vacatur statement currentWatch: Watch for the appeal and any reinstatement notice.
All 31 Real Estate Commission Position Statements, including CP-20 on real estate administrative professionals, which names transaction coordinators. The host refuses automated checks, so browse from the site.
CP-20 revised 4 August 2026, read 18 August 2026Watch: Position statements are revised at Commission meetings; the Division posts notices when they change.
Bill pages with status history, signed acts and session law chapters as PDFs. Where a Colorado statute is cited, the chapter PDF is the text the desk reads.
HB26-1426, Session Laws Chapter 334, effective 12 August 2026Watch: Annual session, January to May; most acts take effect in August.
Every stage of each 18VAC135-20 rulemaking, with the Board's own background documents, public comments and effective dates. Final text lands in the Virginia Register at register.dls.virginia.gov.
General review effective 1 April 2026Watch: Per action. The Register publishes fortnightly.
The current text of what a licensee alone may do and what an unlicensed individual or entity may do on a Virginia file. New section, effective 1 April 2026.
18 August 2026
- Virginia REALTORS, legal updatesConfirmed
Association counsel's reading of the 2026 regulations, including the per-transaction pay question. Secondary to the Board's own documents, and labelled that way in coverage.
Staff counsel note of 30 June 2026
The agency's quarterly News-Journal, including commissioner's columns, plus a separate rulemaking page tracking enacted bills and their effective dates.
HB 3137 supervision duty, effective 1 January 2026, and the commissioner's column on transaction coordinators, read 18 August 2026Watch: Quarterly newsletter; rulemaking page updated per action.
Enrolled bill text and session history for Oregon legislation. Where a story cites an Oregon statute change, this is the enacted text it reads from.
Enrolled House Bill 3137, 2025 Regular SessionWatch: Annual session, roughly February to June.
Session laws by chapter, and the current text of every Minnesota statute with its amendment history. Where a story cites a Minnesota statute, this is the text and the citation it reads from.
2026 Chapter 61 (MCIOA amendments), effective 1 August 2026Watch: Annual session; chapters publish as bills are signed.
Annual summary of statewide standard-forms changes and effective dates. The detailed line-by-line redline sits behind a member login; the public blog summary is what the desk reads.
2026 forms changes, effective 1 August 2026Watch: Annual, effective 1 August.
General effective dates by session, and the chaptered text of every act. Where the desk reads an Arizona statute change, this is the text and the date it reads from.
57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session general effective date 12 September 2026Watch: Annual session, January to spring; general effective date roughly 90 days after sine die.
Bill text, votes and Governor's action for Virginia; chaptered acts as PDFs. Session runs January to March, Governor's action by mid April, most laws effective 1 July. The site is a browser application and does not answer automated checks well.
2026 Chapters 364 and 365 read in fullWatch: Annual session; check April for the year's chaptered acts.
- NC REALTORS forms changesConfirmed
Annual summary of changes to the NC REALTORS and North Carolina Bar Association jointly approved forms, with public marked-up PDFs. Clean forms sit in the member library.
2026 summary released 27 May 2026, effective 1 July 2026Watch: Annual. Summary in late May, forms effective 1 July.
- Elevate Transaction Services, updatesUnconfirmed
Practitioner-run updates page. A useful read on what coordinators are being told about forms and rule changes, rather than a primary source.
- California Association of REALTORSConfirmed
The Certified Transaction Coordinator programme, the official TC directory and C.A.R. Legal forms updates.
- Texas REALTORSUnconfirmed
Forms updates and the unlicensed assistants legal FAQ.
- Florida Realtors legal newsUnconfirmed
Law and ethics coverage plus the Legal Hotline. RSS available.