Colorado: buyer-agreement requirements.

This page lists what Colorado requires, at the state level, before a licensee represents a buyer: who regulates real-estate licensees, whether a written buyer agreement is required by state law or rule, the statute or rule that says so, and whether the state mandates an agency-disclosure form or publishes an approved agreement form.

It is built for broker-owners and transaction coordinators who need the state rule in one place before setting office policy. Read it alongside your brokerage's own forms and your broker of record's guidance — the written-agreement question became a national practice issue in 2024, but the rule that binds you is your state's, and it is the state rule this page cites.

Colorado, field by field.

Regulating authority

Colorado Real Estate Commission — Division of Real Estate, Dept. of Regulatory Agencies (DORA)

Written agreement required by state law

Not verified

Statute or rule

Colorado Real Estate Commission approved form BC60, 'Exclusive Right-to-Buy Listing Contract' — Division of Real Estate, Real Estate Broker Contracts and Forms (dre.colorado.gov); the Division states that applicable law requires brokers to use Commission-approved contracts and forms as appropriate to the transaction. Duty framework at C.R.S. § 12-10-403 (a broker performing brokerage services must act as either a transaction-broker or a single agent). THIS CITE COVERS THE APPROVED FORM AND THE DUTY FRAMEWORK — IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE WRITTEN-AGREEMENT QUESTION, which is why the column above reads 'Not verified'.

Agency disclosure form

Not verified as a standalone form — Colorado builds its disclosures into the Commission-approved contracts rather than a separate brochure. Confirm with the Division.

State-approved form available

Yes — mandatory use

Notes. Colorado is a form state. The buyer-side Commission-approved form is BC60, Exclusive Right-to-Buy Listing Contract, and the Division publishes it versioned by date — including a version 'for use on or after January 1, 2026.' Check the version stamp on the form you are about to send; a superseded Commission form is its own problem. Per the Division's own materials, additional duties a broker agrees to provide — open houses, showings, lockbox, MLS use — must be documented in writing. What we did NOT verify is whether any Colorado statute independently compels a written buyer agreement before touring or before an offer, so that field stays blank.