Texas contracts

Sales-agent outline effective January 1, 2026 · Forms and rules checked September 5, 2026

TREC promulgated contract forms: list, rules, and exam traps.

TREC promulgates six main sales contract forms drafted by the Broker-Lawyer Committee and adopted under 22 TAC Chapter 537. Texas license holders must use the correct mandatory form unless a Rule 537.11 exception applies. The exam tests who drafts versus promulgates, property-to-form matching, addenda, and the boundary against legal drafting.

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Quick answer

Contracts is a 9-item Texas state-law area. TREC promulgates standard contract forms drafted by the Broker-Lawyer Committee, and license holders must use the right one under 22 TAC Chapter 537. TREC currently publishes six base sales contracts, plus addenda, notices, and other forms. The six are not the total number of TREC forms. The area also tests the Statute of Frauds and seller disclosure. License holders complete authorized forms but do not draft legal rights or advise on legal effect.

Exam prep only. This explains how the Texas exam tests promulgated forms, not legal advice for a live transaction.

Official 2026 syllabus

The three Contracts topics on the 2026 outline.

Pearson assigns 9 scored state-law items to Contracts. It names these three rows but does not publish a question split between them, so prepare every row.

Subtopic A

Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda

Mandatory and voluntary use, Rule 537.11 exceptions, the current 2026 contracts, form selection, addenda, amendments, notices, informational items, and the legal-drafting boundary.

Study this subtopic

Subtopic B

Statute of Frauds

The writing and signature rule for a real estate sale and a lease longer than one year, including the person-to-be-charged test.

Study this subtopic

Subtopic C

Seller Disclosure Requirements

Section 5.008 coverage, exemptions, delivery timing, the seven-day late-delivery remedy, Form 55-1, and the separate Seller's Water Disclosure.

Study this subtopic

The six contract types

How many TREC promulgated contract forms should you recognize?

Match the property and transaction facts to the correct base contract first. Keep the current form number beside each name so your study notes do not drift from TREC's live form set.

Form 20-19

1-4 Family (Resale)

The resale contract for an existing single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex. It is not the condominium or new-home form.

Open the current TREC form

Form 9-18

Unimproved Property

For the sale of unimproved property when the intended use is for one to four family residences.

Open the current TREC form

Form 23-20

New Home (Incomplete)

New Home Contract (Incomplete Construction): when construction is not yet finished.

Open the current TREC form

Form 24-20

New Home (Completed)

New Home Contract (Completed Construction): for a finished new home from a builder.

Open the current TREC form

Form 25-17

Farm & Ranch

For the sale of a farm or ranch, with provisions suited to rural land and related improvements.

Open the current TREC form

Form 30-18

Condominium (Resale)

For the resale of a residential condominium unit, with condominium-specific property and association provisions.

Open the current TREC form

TREC's current contract set took effect July 1, 2026. It includes Form 20-19 for residential resale, 9-18 for unimproved property, 23-20 and 24-20 for new homes, 25-17 for farm and ranch, and 30-18 for condominium resale. For exam study, learn the transaction each form serves. For practice, always use the current version on TREC's website.

Addenda & notices

Key addenda and notices worth recognizing.

Addenda add terms or required subject matter to the contract. Notices communicate an action taken under an existing right. TREC lists the buyer's termination form under Other Forms, not Contract Addenda. Use these examples to distinguish each job.

Form 40-11

Third Party Financing Addendum

Adds Buyer Approval and Property Approval terms, financing details, and the related termination deadlines when third-party financing is a condition.

Check the current TREC form

Form 10-6

Sale of Other Property by Buyer

Addresses whether the buyer's purchase is contingent on receiving proceeds from another property.

Check the current TREC form

Form 11-9

Addendum for Back-Up Contract

Used for a second contract whose effectiveness as the primary contract depends on termination of the first contract.

Check the current TREC form

Form 36-11

POA Mandatory Membership

The mandatory-use addendum for property tied to required membership in a property owners association. It is not for condominiums.

Check the current TREC form

Forms 15-7 / 16-7

Temporary Residential Leases

Seller's or Buyer's Temporary Residential Lease for occupancy connected to a sale and lasting no more than 90 days.

Check the current TREC form

Form 38-8

Notice of Buyer's Termination

The mandatory-use notice a buyer uses to communicate termination under the option period or another stated contractual right.

Check the current TREC form

Form 61-0

Seller's Water Disclosure

A separate mandatory-use form. Under most TREC sales contracts, it must be provided unless every statement in the contract's water-disclosure exception is true.

Check the current TREC form

TREC's current forms list includes more addenda, including Seller Financing, Loan Assumption, Sale of Non-Realty Items, the federal Lead-Based Paint addendum, Environmental Assessment / Threatened or Endangered Species and Wetlands, Reservation of Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals, Fixture Leases, Coastal Area Property, and Property in a Certificated Service Area. Use the current version on TREC's site.

The rules

What the Texas real estate exam is testing

The central boundary is simple: a license holder completes authorized forms but does not practice law. Walk the rules in the order below.

Who must use the promulgated forms?

When negotiating a covered sale, exchange, option, or lease, a Texas license holder must use the TREC contract form approved for mandatory use for that transaction unless a Rule 537.11(a) exception applies.

Who writes the forms?

The Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee drafts the contract forms, and TREC adopts them by rule. TREC periodically revises the forms, which is why each has a version suffix such as 20-19.

When may another form be used?

Rule 537.11(a) lists four paths: the holder acts solely as a principal; a U.S. government agency requires another form; the property owner prepares the form or requires an attorney-prepared form; or no mandatory TREC form exists and the holder uses one of the qualifying attorney, trade-association, or Broker-Lawyer Committee forms the rule permits.

What does TREC NOT promulgate?

TREC does not promulgate listing agreements, buyer representation agreements, property management contracts, commercial property forms, or residential leases other than the temporary residential leases used with a sale. For those, license holders use forms prepared by an attorney or a trade association such as Texas REALTORS.

Are all TREC forms mandatory to use?

No. Rule 537.1 distinguishes mandatory use from voluntary use. The Seller's Disclosure Notice is the classic distinction: Section 5.008 may require the seller to deliver a qualifying notice, while Rule 537.62 approves TREC Form 55-1 for voluntary use.

Can a license holder change the printed text?

Rule 537.11 permits informational items and explanations of informational choices that stop short of legal advice. It also permits a conspicuous addition or deletion specifically instructed in writing by a principal. The license holder may not invent or recommend language affecting rights, obligations, or remedies or advise on its legal effect.

Apply the rule

Worked example and common TREC forms trap.

Worked example

Resale condominium

A buyer is purchasing an existing condominium unit. The correct base form is the Residential Condominium Contract (Resale), Form 30-18, not Form 20-19. The property type controls even when the unit looks like a detached home.

Common trap

Who drafts and who promulgates?

The Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee drafts standard contract forms. TREC promulgates or adopts them by rule. Do not select the committee when the question asks which entity promulgates forms for Texas license holders.

Apply the distinction in the free Texas Contracts and Forms practice questions or use the form-selection scenario trainer.

What this area is worth

9 scored items. 12 misses allowed in the whole portion.

Percentages do not tell you what to do. Misses do. This area carries 9 scored questions, and you can miss only 12 scored Texas state law questions overall (28 correct out of 40).

9scored items in this area

12misses allowed across the Texas state law portion

3left for the other 31 items if this area goes badly wrong

Do not confuse these

6 distinctions worth learning.

Each pair gives the single test that separates them and the wording that tells you which side you are on.

Mandatory use

The license holder must use the form when its facts fit and no Rule 537.11 exception applies.

Voluntary use

The license holder may use the TREC-approved form but is not required to use that particular form.

What decides it

How does Chapter 537 classify the form?

Stem clue

A base contract or named mandatory addendum points left. Form 55-1 and other voluntary notices point right.

Addendum

Adds terms or required subject matter to the contract package, usually when the agreement is formed.

Amendment

Changes an existing contract by the parties' written agreement.

What decides it

Are the parties adding terms at formation or changing a deal already signed?

Stem clue

Financing or POA at formation signals addendum. A later price, repair, option, or closing-date change signals amendment.

Informational item

Completes a blank, discloses a fact, or provides an instruction the authorized form calls for.

Legal clause

Creates, changes, or interprets rights, obligations, remedies, contingencies, or title.

What decides it

Does the wording report a fact or create a legal outcome?

Stem clue

Names, dates, amounts, and form choices can be informational. Custom cancellation, appraisal, default, or remedy language is legal drafting.

Three-day delivery clock

The deadline to deliver earnest money and the option fee to the escrow agent under Paragraph 5A.

Negotiated option period

The separate number of days during which the buyer may terminate under Paragraph 5B.

What decides it

Is the question asking when money is delivered or when the termination right ends?

Stem clue

Payment to escrow signals three days. Written notice by 5:00 p.m. signals the option period.

Unenforceable under Section 26.01

The statute blocks enforcement when its writing and signature requirements are not met.

Void

A stronger conclusion that the agreement has no legal effect from the start.

What decides it

What result does the statute itself state?

Stem clue

Statute of Frauds points to not enforceable, not an automatic answer that the agreement is void.

Seller's Disclosure Notice, Form 55-1

The broad Section 5.008 property-condition notice approved for voluntary use.

Seller's Water Disclosure, Form 61-0

The separate mandatory-use form about wells, groundwater, groundwater rights, and surface-water rights. The contract determines whether delivery is required and states the exception.

What decides it

Is the stem testing general property condition or water rights and water sources?

Stem clue

Defects, systems, floods, insurance, or exemptions point left. Wells, groundwater districts, severance, or surface-water permits point right.

Rule first, guidance second

Keep the tested rule clean.

Where newer practice guidance adds a separate obligation, it is kept out of the statutory rule on purpose.

The official three-row outline has no internal weight table

Pearson assigns 9 scored Texas state-law items to Contracts and lists promulgated contracts, forms, and addenda; Statute of Frauds; and seller disclosure requirements.

Authority: Pearson VUE #094401 rev. 01/2026, Texas Sales Agent State Law outline V

Exam cue

Prepare all three rows. Do not assign a made-up question count to forms, writing rules, or disclosure.

The committee drafts; TREC adopts; Rule 537.11 controls use

The Broker-Lawyer Committee drafts and revises standardizable contract forms. TREC adopts forms by rule. A license holder uses the mandatory form for the transaction unless one of Rule 537.11(a)'s four exception paths applies.

Authority: TRELA §§1101.155, 1101.254; 22 TAC §§537.1, 537.11(a)

Exam cue

First identify whether the form is mandatory, voluntary, or outside TREC's form set. Then test the exception.

Rule 537.11 is more precise than 'fill in the blanks only'

A license holder may add informational items and explain informational choices without legal advice. The holder may not draft or recommend language affecting rights, obligations, or remedies or give opinions about legal effect or title validity.

Authority: 22 TAC §537.11(b)-(d)

Exam cue

Facts, selections, and instructions can be informational. Custom cancellation, appraisal, escalation, contingency, default, or remedy language points to an attorney.

The current resale contract uses two different clocks

TREC No. 20-19 requires the earnest money and option fee to be delivered to the escrow agent within three days after the effective date. The option period ends at 5:00 p.m. local time on the separately negotiated final day.

Authority: 22 TAC §537.28; TREC No. 20-19 ¶5A-B

Exam cue

Do not use the three-day payment deadline as the option-period length. Read each clock separately.

The Statute of Frauds is an enforceability rule

A contract for the sale of real estate and a lease of real estate for a term longer than one year are not enforceable under Section 26.01 unless the agreement or memorandum is written and signed by the person to be charged or a lawfully authorized signer.

Authority: Texas Bus. & Com. Code §26.01(a), (b)(4)-(5)

Exam cue

Look for the agreement type, a writing, and the signature of the person against whom enforcement is sought.

The condition notice and water disclosure are separate

Section 5.008 generally requires a property-condition notice for covered residential property with not more than one dwelling unit and lists exempt transfers. Rule 537.62 approves Form 55-1 for voluntary use. Rule 537.68 separately adopts Form 61-0 for mandatory use as the Seller's Water Disclosure. Under most TREC sales contracts, delivery is required unless every statement in the contract's water-disclosure exception is true.

Authority: Texas Prop. Code §5.008; 22 TAC §§537.62, 537.68

Exam cue

For Form 55-1, test property scope, exemption, timing, and remedy. For wells, groundwater rights, or surface-water rights, identify the separate water disclosure.

Fact sorter

Separate the deciding facts from the distracting details.

Read each fact pattern in two passes. Identify the fact that controls the rule, then set aside details that do not change the answer.

A. Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda

Tests: 22 TAC §537.11(a)(3)

A seller requires every buyer to use a contract the seller's Texas attorney prepared. A mandatory TREC form would otherwise fit.

Decides
The property owner requires the attorney-prepared form.That is the Rule 537.11(a)(3) exception.
Noise
A mandatory TREC form would otherwise fit.The exception is why the other form may be used.
Noise
The sales agent prefers the TREC form.Preference does not erase the owner's qualifying requirement.

Must the agent force the parties onto the TREC form?

Answer

No. The owner-required attorney-prepared form fits a stated exception.

Why

Rule 537.11(a)(3) expressly recognizes this owner-required form path.

The trap

Mandatory use still has the exceptions printed in the rule.

Read the governing lesson

A. Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda

Tests: 22 TAC §537.11(d)(2)

A buyer writes exact instructions directing the agent to strike one sentence from a contract. The agent makes the deletion with a visible strike-through and gives no opinion about its effect.

Decides
The principal gave specific written instructions.The rule requires written direction from a principal.
Decides
The deletion is conspicuous.A visible strike-through satisfies the form of the change.
Decides
The agent gives no legal-effect opinion.The narrow permission does not create permission to advise.

Is the physical change itself unauthorized practice of law under Rule 537.11?

Answer

No, on these stated facts. The written-instruction and conspicuous-change provision applies.

Why

Subsection (d)(2) says this specific act is not the practice of law.

The trap

Do not turn the exception into authority for the agent to write or recommend the language.

Read the governing lesson

A. Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda

Tests: 22 TAC §537.28; TREC No. 20-19 ¶5A-B

A contract gives the buyer a ten-day option period. The buyer assumes that means the option fee may be delivered on day ten.

Decides
The negotiated option period is ten days.That controls the termination window.
Decides
Paragraph 5A uses a separate three-day delivery deadline.The fee-delivery clock does not expand with the option period.
Noise
The buyer intends to inspect on day eight.Inspection timing does not change fee delivery.

May the buyer wait until day ten to deliver the option fee?

Answer

No. The fee-delivery deadline and option-period deadline are separate.

Why

Paragraph 5A controls delivery; Paragraph 5B controls exercise of the termination right.

The trap

One paragraph contains two clocks.

Read the governing lesson

B. Statute of Frauds

Tests: Texas Bus. & Com. Code §26.01(a), (b)(5)

A landlord and tenant orally agree to a two-year lease. Nothing is signed.

Decides
The lease term is longer than one year.Section 26.01(b)(5) names that category.
Decides
Nothing is written or signed.The subsection (a) requirements are missing.
Noise
The tenant has excellent credit.Credit does not decide the Statute of Frauds issue.

What is the clean exam conclusion?

Answer

The two-year lease falls within the Statute of Frauds and needs the required written, signed agreement to be enforceable.

Why

The agreement type, duration, writing, and signature are the deciding facts.

The trap

Do not say fraud occurred. This is a writing-rule problem.

Read the governing lesson

C. Seller Disclosure Requirements

Tests: Texas Prop. Code §5.008(f)

The seller was required to provide the Section 5.008 notice but delivers it after the contract becomes effective. The purchaser acts five days after receipt.

Decides
The notice was required.The late-delivery remedy applies only to a required notice.
Decides
Delivery occurred after contract formation.That triggers subsection (f).
Decides
The purchaser acts within seven days after receipt.The statutory window is still open.

May the purchaser terminate for any reason under Section 5.008(f)?

Answer

Yes. The purchaser is within seven days after receiving the late required notice.

Why

Subsection (f) supplies that specific remedy and clock.

The trap

Do not replace the statutory clock with the contract's option period.

Read the governing lesson

C. Seller Disclosure Requirements

Tests: Texas Prop. Code §5.008(d)-(e)

An investor sells a previously occupied single-family home. The investor never lived there and claims that non-occupancy alone removes the notice requirement.

Decides
The property is a previously occupied single-family residence.It begins within the covered property type.
Noise
The seller never occupied it.Non-occupancy affects knowledge but is not its own universal exemption.
Decides
No listed transfer exemption is given.Subsection (e), not occupancy alone, controls exemption.

Is the seller automatically exempt?

Answer

No. The seller completes the notice to the best of the seller's belief and knowledge unless a listed exemption applies.

Why

Subsection (d) addresses knowledge and unknown answers. Subsection (e) supplies the exemptions.

The trap

Never occupied and new residence never previously occupied are different facts.

Read the governing lesson

Reading the question

What the wording is actually testing.

"TREC form exists"

Really askingIs this particular form mandatory, voluntary, or merely available?

Decide byCheck the adopting rule and then apply Rule 537.11.

"Owner requires attorney's contract"

Really askingDoes the owner-required form exception apply?

Decide byRule 537.11(a)(3), not the agent's form preference.

"No TREC form exists"

Really askingWhich outside form source may the license holder use?

Decide byApply the specific sources and content requirements in Rule 537.11(a)(4).

"Put this custom cancellation clause in Paragraph 11"

Really askingIs the request informational or legal drafting?

Decide byA new termination right affects rights and remedies, so use an authorized form or attorney.

"Principal instructed the deletion in writing"

Really askingDoes the narrow conspicuous-change provision apply?

Decide byConfirm specific written instruction, visible change, and no license-holder-created wording or legal advice.

"Ten-day option period"

Really askingIs the stem asking about termination or fee delivery?

Decide byParagraph 5B controls termination. Paragraph 5A separately controls the three-day delivery.

"Oral agreement to sell the home"

Really askingDoes Section 26.01 require a written, signed agreement?

Decide byA real estate sale is expressly named in Section 26.01(b)(4).

"Lease for exactly one year"

Really askingDoes the lease-duration clause of Section 26.01 apply?

Decide byThe statute says longer than one year.

"Signed by the party to be charged"

Really askingWhose signature matters for enforcement?

Decide byIdentify the person against whom the promise is being enforced.

"Seller never lived there"

Really askingIs non-occupancy a statutory exemption?

Decide byNo by itself. Test the listed transfers in Section 5.008(e).

"Notice delivered after effective date"

Really askingIs the seven-day late-delivery remedy open?

Decide byConfirm the notice was required and count from the purchaser's receipt.

"Well, groundwater district, or severed water rights"

Really askingIs the separate Seller's Water Disclosure involved?

Decide byIdentify Form 61-0 and Rule 537.68, then check the applicable contract's delivery rule and exception.

Prove it

Check yourself by subtopic, not by total.

15 questions across the 3 official subtopics. The result tells you which subtopic is weak and sends you to the one lesson that covers it.

Checkpoint

Can you hold all of Contracts?

15 questions across the 3 official subtopics. You get your score broken down by subtopic, so a weak spot points at one lesson instead of the whole area.

APromulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda
BStatute of Frauds
CSeller Disclosure Requirements

Checked September 5, 2026 against Pearson VUE's September 2026 Candidate Handbook and included Texas Real Estate Content Outlines #094401, effective January 1, 2026. The sales-agent state-law outline assigns 9 of 40 scored items to Contracts and lists three subtopics: A Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda; B Statute of Frauds; and C Seller Disclosure Requirements. Pearson does not publish an item split or cognitive allocation inside those three rows. Form-use rules were checked against Texas Occupations Code Sections 1101.155 and 1101.254 and current TREC Rules 537.1, 537.11, and 537.20 through 537.69. Writing rules were checked against Business and Commerce Code Section 26.01. Seller disclosure was checked against Property Code Section 5.008, TREC Form 55-1, Rule 537.62, TREC Form 61-0, Rule 537.68, and TREC's August 14, 2026 water-disclosure guidance. Current contract and amendment forms effective July 1, 2026 were checked against the forms themselves. Texas statutes, TREC rules, forms, and exam outlines can change, so verify current official sources before applying them outside exam study.

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Full Texas explainers: the promulgated forms overview, recognizing the right form, the 1-4 family contract line by line, addenda and the Statute of Frauds, the Texas Seller's Disclosure Notice, amendments, addenda, and notices, financing, option periods, and termination rights, and the unauthorized-practice-of-law line. See where forms diverge from national rules in the Texas vs. national comparison, continue to the Agency and Brokerage area or the Special Topics area, and review the whole state portion with the Texas state-law cheat sheet.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does promulgated mean for TREC forms?

Promulgated means TREC has officially adopted the form by rule and requires license holders to use it. The forms are drafted by the Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee and adopted under the TREC Rules (22 TAC Chapter 537).

Which TREC form is used for a typical home resale?

The One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), Form 20-19, is the current form for the resale of an existing single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex. It became effective July 1, 2026. A condominium, new home, farm or ranch, or qualifying unimproved property uses a different form.

Why do TREC forms have numbers like 20-19?

The first number identifies the form family, and the suffix identifies the current revision. TREC updates forms periodically, so both exam study and real-world form use should be checked against TREC's current forms page.

Can a real estate agent draft a contract clause in Texas?

A license holder may add informational items, but may not invent or recommend language affecting rights, obligations, or remedies. Rule 537.11(d)(2) has a narrow provision for a conspicuous change made at a principal's specific written instruction. Legal wording and legal-effect advice belong with an attorney.

Where do promulgated forms appear on the Texas exam?

Pearson lists Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda under the 9-item Contracts state-law area. Related legal-drafting restrictions also connect to Standards of Conduct. Pearson does not publish a question count for the individual Contracts subtopics.

Primary sources: TREC promulgated contract forms and the TREC Rules (22 TAC Chapter 537), Business and Commerce Code Chapter 26, Property Code Chapter 5, and the official Pearson VUE content outline. Verified September 5, 2026. TREC revises forms periodically, so use the current version on TREC's site. For exam preparation, not legal advice.

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PrerequisiteContract law fundamentalsReview formation, validity, enforceability, performance, breach, and remedies.Study this concept →Next conceptTREC Form 20-19 line by lineMove from form recognition to the paragraphs and deadlines in the resale contract.Study this concept →Practice this topicTexas contracts and forms questionsChoose forms, identify addenda, and spot unauthorized drafting in exam scenarios.Start practice →

Definitive topic hub

TREC contracts and forms

Texas contract questions test form recognition, mandatory use, addenda, the Statute of Frauds, seller disclosure, and the boundary between completing a form and practicing law. Start with the TREC form family, then apply each document to a transaction fact pattern.

Visual learning path

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Move from orientation to application. Each step assumes the one before it.

Primary sources

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These official materials govern the topic. Pass Texas pages explain exam application; official sources control real licensing and transactions.

TREC contracts and formsOfficial current promulgated forms, addenda, and notices.Official source ↗TREC rules and lawsCurrent form-use and license-holder rules, including Chapter 537.Official source ↗Texas Statute of FraudsPrimary Texas statute governing agreements that must be in writing.Official source ↗

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Promulgated contractsThe main sales contract forms and their property types.Open resource →One to Four Family ContractParagraph-by-paragraph exam logic and common traps.Open resource →Addenda and amendmentsWhich document changes, supplements, or communicates.Open resource →Seller disclosureRequired notice, timing, exemptions, and contract effect.Open resource →Financing and option periodsApproval, termination rights, notices, and deadlines.Open resource →Unauthorized practice of lawPromulgated forms, informational items, and custom language.Open resource →

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15 articles assigned to this hub

Every indexable Pass Texas article belongs to one strategic hub and links back to it.

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TREC promulgated contract forms: list, rules, and exam traps.

The three Contracts topics on the 2026 outline.

Promulgated Contracts, Forms, and Addenda

Statute of Frauds

Seller Disclosure Requirements

How many TREC promulgated contract forms should you recognize?

Key addenda and notices worth recognizing.

Third Party Financing Addendum

Sale of Other Property by Buyer

Addendum for Back-Up Contract

POA Mandatory Membership

Temporary Residential Leases

Notice of Buyer's Termination

Seller's Water Disclosure

What the Texas real estate exam is testing

Who must use the promulgated forms?

Who writes the forms?

When may another form be used?

What does TREC NOT promulgate?

Are all TREC forms mandatory to use?

Can a license holder change the printed text?

Worked example and common TREC forms trap.

Resale condominium

Who drafts and who promulgates?

9 scored items. 12 misses allowed in the whole portion.

6 distinctions worth learning.

Mandatory use

Voluntary use

Addendum

Amendment

Informational item

Legal clause

Three-day delivery clock

Negotiated option period

Unenforceable under Section 26.01

Void

Seller's Disclosure Notice, Form 55-1

Seller's Water Disclosure, Form 61-0

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The official three-row outline has no internal weight table

The committee drafts; TREC adopts; Rule 537.11 controls use

Rule 537.11 is more precise than 'fill in the blanks only'

The current resale contract uses two different clocks

The Statute of Frauds is an enforceability rule

The condition notice and water disclosure are separate

Separate the deciding facts from the distracting details.

What the wording is actually testing.

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Frequently asked questions

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