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Bill would require written buyer-agency agreements before agents show Missouri homes
Summary
Sponsor Rep. Chris Brown told a House committee House Bill 596 would align Missouri law with a recent court decision by requiring a written buyer-agency agreement before a broker shows a prospective buyer any homes. The Missouri Association of Realtors supported the change; no opposition testified.
Representative Chris Brown, the sponsor of House Bill 596, told the Missouri House committee that the bill is a compliance measure to align state law with the court ruling in Burnett v. National Association of Realtors and to require a written buyer-agency agreement before a real estate agent shows a prospective buyer any homes.
Brown, District 16, Kansas City, said the bill’s change is narrowly drafted: it strikes the words "or while" from a statutory sentence that currently allows a buyer-agency agreement to be entered "before or while" an agent is engaging in enumerated acts. "So now instead of or while...…
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