Rules | Listing Mandatory Submission or Excluded and Registered

Rules | Listing Mandatory Submission or Excluded and Registered

Under the *SDMLS Mandatory Submission Policy, one of two things must happen within 48 hours of the listing agreement being fully executed (i.e., 4/14/26):

1. The listing must be submitted to the MLS, or
2. The seller must sign an Excluded Listing (Office Exclusive) certification (C.A.R. Form MLSA). The completed exclusion must then be registered with SDMLS using the Excluded Registration tile available in the user's SDAR/SDMLS Portal (See illustration included below).

If the property is publicly marketed, the listing must be submitted to the MLS within one (1) business day of the first public marketing, even if it was previously registered as an Excluded Listing.

Failure to meet the excluded listing registration requirements constitutes an MLS Rules violation and is subject to a compliance fine of $100 per day, up to a maximum of $1,000, until the violation is corrected.

Meeting the required deadlines is also important because, when the listing is submitted to the MLS on or before the applicable deadline, the MLS submission date may be used in lieu of the listing agreement's effective date for certain compliance and policy determinations.

*Please note that the Mandatory Submission Rule is a common MLS rule adopted by MLSs throughout California and across the country—it is not unique to SDMLS.