Rules & Regs 12 Prohibitions And Requirements Part 5

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12.19.19  Listing Search Result Limitation
The MLS may establish reasonable limits on the amount of data/number of listings that consumers may retrieve or download in response to an inquiry.

12.19.20  Mandatory Registrant Password Change
A Participant shall require that Registrants’ passwords be reconfirmed or changed every 120 days. (Note: The number of days passwords remain valid before being changed or reconfirmed must be specified by the MLS in the context of this rule and cannot be shorter than 90 days. Participants may, at their option, require Registrants to reconfirm or change passwords more frequently.)

12.19.21  VOW Co-Branding and Advertising
A Participant may display advertising and the identification of other entities (“co-branding’) on any VOW the Participant operates or that is operated on his or her behalf.  However, a Participant may not display on any such VOW deceptive or misleading advertising or co-branding.  For purposes of this Section, co-branding will be presumed not to be deceptive or misleading if the Participant’s logo and contact information (or that of at least one Participant, in the case of a VOW established and operated on behalf of more than one Participant) is displayed in immediate conjunction with that of every other party, and the logo and contact information of all Participants displayed on the VOW is as large as the logo of the AVP and larger than that of any third party.

12.19.22  Identifying Listing Source
A Participant shall cause any listing displayed on his or her VOW that is obtained from other sources, including from another MLS or from a broker not participating in the MLS, to identify the source of the listing.

12.19.23  Searching Other Listings
A Participant shall cause any listing displayed on his or her VOW obtained from other sources, including from another MLS or from a broker not participating in the MLS, to be searched separately from listings in the MLS.

12.19.24  MLS Licensing Agreement for VOW
Participants and the AVPs operating VOWs on their behalf must execute the license agreement required by the MLS.

12.19.25  Seller’s Direction to Withhold from Internet
Where a seller affirmatively directs their listing broker to withhold either the seller’s listing or the address of the seller’s listing from display on the Internet, a copy of the seller’s affirmative direction shall be provided to the MLS within 1 day after it is requested.

For violation of this section 12.20.24, see Appendix A, Citable Infractions, 5.3, Violation of VOW Rules and 3.4.3, Failure to provide written documentation within 1 day after request from staff
 
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