The purpose of multiple listing is the orderly correlation and dissemination of listing information toparticipants so they may better serve the buying and selling public.  ML services shall not enact or enforce any rule which restricts, limits, or interferes with participants in their relations with each other, in their broker/client relationships, or in the conduct of their business in the following areas.

ML Service  shall not:

1. Fix, control, recommend, or suggest the commissions or fees charged for real estate brokerage services

2. Fix, control, recommend, or suggest the cooperative compensation offered by listing brokers to potential  cooperating brokers.

3. Base dues, fees, or charges on commissions, listed prices, or sales prices. Initial participation fees and charges should directly relate to the costs incurred in bringing services to new participants.

4. Modify, or attempt to modify, the terms of any listing agreement; this does not prohibit administrative corrections of property information necessary to ensure accuracy or consistency in MLS compilations.

5. Refuse to include any listing in an MLS compilation solely on the basis of the listed price.

6. Prohibit or discourage participants from taking exclusive agency listings or refusing to include any listin in an MLS compilation solely on the basis that the property is listed on an exclusive agency basis.

7. Prohibit or discourage participants from taking “office exclusive” listings; certification may be required
from the seller or listing broker that the listing is being withheld from the MLS at the direction of the seller.

8. Give participants or subscribers blanket authority to deal with or negotiate with buyers or sellers exclusively represented by other participants 

9. Establish, or permit establishment of, any representational or contractual relationship between an MLS and sellers, buyers, landlords, or tenants.

10. Prohibit or discourage cooperation between participants and brokers that do not participate in the MLS.

11. Prohibit or discourage participants or subscribers from participating in political activities

12. Interfere in or restrict participants in their relationships with their affiliated licensees