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Colorado rules for licensed agents

Can a Colorado broker work with both the buyer and the seller?

Colorado lets a broker or team work with both sides of one transaction if the relationships are properly disclosed in writing, and bars a single agent for one consumer from also being a single agent for the other. The rules list three allowed arrangements and name the ministerial tasks a broker may do for the consumer treated as a customer.

Rule text read November 2, 2026 at the Colorado Secretary of State: rules changed by rulemaking 2026-00283, from the adopted rules filed there, and rules that filing left unchanged from the compiled 4 CCR 725-1. Statute text is from the 2024 edition of the Colorado Revised Statutes, an uncertified printout of the Office of Legislative Legal Services, read November 1, 2026. Informational, not legal advice.

The rule

The rule is 6.7, Brokers or Teams working with Consumers on Both Sides of the Same Transaction, in 4 CCR 725-1. It bars one pairing outright: a broker or team may not be a single agent for one consumer and a single agent or transaction broker for the other in the same transaction. Then it opens three doors:

“If properly disclosed, in writing (e.g. Listing Contracts), the Broker or Team that works with both sides in the same real estate transaction may do so as:”

When the written disclosure is due

Rule 6.5, as amended in 2026, covers timing. It has a Broker provide written disclosures to a Consumer as required by section 12-10-408:

“before eliciting or discussing confidential information related to Real Estate Brokerage Services from the Consumer.”

The next subsection says what does not trigger it:

“Such activities do not include preliminary conversations or “small talk” concerning location and property styles, or market conditions or property prices when responding to general factual questions from a potential Consumer concerning properties which have been Advertised for sale or lease.”

As we read it, a buyer who messages about a home that has been advertised is in the second category at first, and the line moves when the conversation turns to confidential information. The version effective January 30, 2026 named price range in that list; the amended text names market conditions or property prices when answering general factual questions. How your brokerage draws the line is a question for your managing broker.

The statute behind the disclosure is 12-10-408. It asks a transaction broker for a written disclosure, and a broker intending a single agency relationship for a written agency agreement, before engaging in the activities listed in 12-10-201(6). It also speaks to the other side of a deal:

“A broker who has already established a relationship with one party to a proposed transaction shall advise at the earliest reasonable opportunity any other potential parties or their agents of the established relationship.”

Since August 12, 2026 the statute on the written agreement is also changed by HB26-1426, which has a broker complete a written agreement before performing the licensed activities. Rule 6.5 as amended in 2026 still ties the disclosure to section 12-10-408, and it does not restate the act, so its timing may not be the whole answer. We cover the act in what Colorado requires for a signed buyer agreement.

Helping the other side

Rule 6.8 is about the consumer a broker treats as a customer:

“the Broker may assist the Customer by performing ministerial tasks following proper disclosure.”
“Ministerial tasks include: showing a property, preparing documents as a scrivener, and conveying written offers and counteroffers, making known the different types of financing alternatives, and providing information related to professional, governmental, and community services which will contribute to completion of the transaction.”
“The performance of ministerial tasks alone will not violate the terms of any relationship between the Broker and the Client with which the Broker has a Brokerage Relationship”

The rule adds that these tasks do not create an agency or transaction broker relationship with the customer. If a relationship changes midway, Rule 6.9 calls for a written Commission approved change of status form for the client whose relationship changed, no later than when the consumer signs the real estate contract.

What this page does not settle

The rules describe relationships in terms of consumers, listing contracts and written disclosures. They do not say how the first message to a seller’s agent or a buyer is classified, and we did not find the Division’s answer. The statute text is the 2024 edition, and the 2026 act continuing the Division, HB26-1287, amends sections near it, including the duties of agents under 12-10-404, 12-10-405 and 12-10-407, in the engrossed text we read; we did not read the signed act. Ask your managing broker which form your brokerage uses.

Common questions

Can a Colorado broker represent both the buyer and the seller?

The rules bar a broker from being a single agent for one consumer and a single agent or transaction broker for the other. If properly disclosed in writing, the broker may work with both sides as a transaction broker for both, or as a transaction broker or single agent for one while treating the other side as a customer.

What is a ministerial task in Colorado?

Rule 6.8 lists showing a property, preparing documents as a scrivener, conveying written offers and counteroffers, making known the types of financing alternatives and providing information on professional, governmental and community services that will contribute to completion of the transaction.

When does a Colorado broker give the written brokerage relationship disclosure?

Rule 6.5 has a broker provide it to a consumer before eliciting or discussing confidential information related to real estate brokerage services. Preliminary conversations about location and property styles, or about market conditions or property prices when answering general factual questions about advertised properties, are not those activities. The licensing statute asks for the written disclosure or agreement before the broker engages in the activities it lists, and since August 12, 2026 a broker completes a written agreement first.

What must a Colorado broker tell the other side about a relationship?

The statute says a broker who has already established a relationship with one party to a proposed transaction shall advise, at the earliest reasonable opportunity, any other potential parties or their agents of the established relationship.

What if a Colorado broker’s role changes during a deal?

Rule 6.9 calls for a written Commission approved change of status form when a single agent begins assisting both clients as a transaction broker, at that time and no later than when the consumer signs the real estate contract.

Does Listing AutomatEr give a Colorado brokerage relationship disclosure?

No. The app builds and schedules posts for listings you have permission to market. Colorado relationship disclosure is outside what it does.

Where Listing AutomatEr fits

Listing AutomatEr is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that posts the listings you have permission to market to Facebook Marketplace on a schedule. By default it puts your name on the post as the agent marketing the home and credits the brokerage that holds the listing.

It does not obtain the permission for you, and it does not decide whether a post meets a rule. That stays with you and your broker.

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This is not legal advice. This page quotes a state rule so you can read it yourself. It is not a lawyer's opinion about your situation. The official text, your brokerage and your own lawyer are the authorities, and the official text wins over this page.