What changed on July 1.

The forms that were replaced

• One to Four Family Residential Contract, Resale — 20-19
• Amendment to Contract — 39-11
• Farm and Ranch Contract — 25-17
• New Home Contracts, completed and incomplete construction — 24-20 and 23-20
• Residential Condominium Contract, Resale — 30-18
• Unimproved Property Contract — 9-18
• Seller's Disclosure Notice — OP-I, Lead-Based Paint Addendum — OP-L, Back-Up Contract Addendum — 11-9

If your brokerage platform has saved templates pointing at the old versions, those need updating.

Two new forms

• Seller's Disclosure About Groundwater and Surface Water Rights (61-0). New Paragraph 7(I) ties water rights disclosure directly into the contract.
• Seller's Notice to Buyer of Removal of Contingency (62-0), which lets a seller formally notify a back-up buyer that the contingency in a back-up contract has been removed.

Two changes that affect how you count and communicate

• Paragraph 5A(2) now defines "legal holiday," which clarifies how deadlines and performance periods are calculated. Worth reading once, because it settles arguments that used to depend on interpretation.
• Paragraph 21 expanded notice delivery, adding overnight courier, and notices are now effective when sent to the party or their agent. That is a meaningful shift from the old habit of worrying about receipt.

Broker compensation was reorganized

• 12(A)(1)(b) is now for non-brokerage fees the seller pays on behalf of the buyer.
• 12(B) was added specifically for brokerage compensation. 12(B)(1) is used when the seller pays the buyer's broker, and 12(B)(2) when the buyer pays the seller's broker.
• References to "Listing Broker" and "Other Broker" have generally become "Seller's Broker" and "Buyer's Broker."
• The compensation sharing disclosure that sat on page 10 is gone.
• Paragraph 8(B) was removed.

The paragraph that touches title

• Paragraph 20 was renamed from Federal Requirements to Governmental Requirements, and now requires the parties to provide any information the escrow agent needs to meet governmental reporting obligations.

In practice, when we ask for entity or identification details on a cash or entity purchase, that request is now anchored in the contract rather than appearing to come out of nowhere.

Seller's disclosure got broader

The Seller's Disclosure Notice now asks about property condition in more detail, along with insurance history and availability, conservation easements, storage tanks, and certain private road matters. Expect more questions from sellers about what these mean.

Housekeeping worth knowing

• Addenda and notices are now grouped into five categories in Paragraph 22: Financial, Leases, Additional Tests and Reports, Statutory Disclosures and Notices, and Other. Much easier to check at a glance.
• The broker page is now Broker Contact Information, with Listing Broker renamed Seller's Agent and Selling Broker renamed Buyer's Broker, plus a new intermediary section.
• "Generators" was added to Paragraph 2B to confirm they transfer with the property.