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Connecticut DCP posts required agency-disclosure form for unrepresented parties; dual/designated templates moved to website
Summary
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) said new real-estate disclosure forms for unrepresented parties must be posted on its website and provided "upon request," and that dual-agency and designated-agency templates are now website templates rather than regulatory forms.
Paul Grabowski, legal program director at the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, said the department will post a required agency-disclosure form for unrepresented parties and that the form must be used in transactions when requested.
"The form shall include the name of the real estate licensee, the property address, the name of the buyer, the name of the seller, clear statement of who and who is not represented," Grabowski said during the DCP webinar.
The changes reflect statutory updates enacted last year and corresponding regulatory amendments adopted later in 2024. Grabowski explained that the prior regulatory forms (referred to in older regulations as Form 1 and Form 2) were deleted from the text of the regulations; the regulations instead list required form elements and direct DCP to post the official form on its website. The agency emphasized the posted document is the required form, not a template.
Grabowski and other presenters said the disclosure for an unrepresented party is given "upon request" and is distinct from the prospective-party form required by statute for anyone who speaks with a licensee "in contemplation of representation." Grabowski said the prospective-party form, which must be provided no later than the first personal meeting, is different from the unrepresented-party disclosure and remains available on the DCP forms page.
The department also said it removed the dual/designated-regulatory forms and instead posted templates on its forms page. Annalisa Villard Howe, DCP staff attorney, said the regulation enumerates what must appear in dual-agency and designated-agency consent agreements (including names of designated agents and the appointing broker) and that DCP provides sample templates for licensees to use.
The agency noted a checkbox on the posted unrepresented-party form for cases where the unrepresented party refuses to sign. Grabowski said that option is included so licensees can document a refusal to sign when it occurs.
The DCP advised licensees to consult the statutory text (cited in the webinar) for the precise legal trigger: the statute requires a licensee who represents a party to "upon request disclose in writing the identity of the real estate licensee's client to any party to the transaction who is not represented by another real estate licensee." Grabowski said the regulation mirrors that statutory wording.
The forms and templates the department referenced are available on the DCP website on the new forms page and the agency offered an email for further legal questions.
