Can I remove supplements and other data from sold listings?
No. The listing profile shall reflect the data marketed. This also applies to the Supplements and Remarks.
MLS is a proprietary database that is accessible to MLS Participants only. There are no issues related to MLS Subscribers seeing and accessing the listing data which includes the supplements, photos and the remarks.
Supplements are materials related to the property that were provided when the listing was marketed in the MLS, therefore the documents shall not be removed.
Removing data that is pertinent to material facts and/or valuation may result in issues related to the Code of Ethics.
Reference
Rules and Regulations of the MLS, Section 1.189.3 DIGITAL DOCUMENTS (PDF and TXT files):
Digital documents submitted to the MLS shall comply with the following guidelines:
(a) The primary focus of the PDF document shall be of the subject property.
(b) The PDF document shall not include any contact information such as names, company names, logos, phone numbers, email addresses, web site addresses, agent photographs, logos or promotion for a closing service provider or any other peripheral service.
(c) Hyperlinks/URLs that are embedded in the PDF shall link only to web pages that provide description of the listed property and shall not contain any contact information such as names, company names, logos, phone numbers, email addresses, web site addresses, agent photographs, logos or promotion for a closing service provider or any other peripheral service.
(d) By submitting the PDF document, Participants are representing to the MLS that the Participant has permission to allow the display of the PDF in the MLS and that the MLS in turn has permission to redistribute the PDF document as a part of the MLS compilation.