TREC's promulgated contract forms carry a new 2026-05-04 revision date — here's exactly which forms changed, how they relate to the TXR library, and how to keep every file compliant without drowning in paperwork.
The Texas Real Estate Commission promulgates a specific, limited set of contract forms, and for 2026 all six of them carry a 2026-05-04 revision date: the Unimproved Property Contract (TREC 9-18), the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale) (TREC 20-19), the New Home Contract — Incomplete Construction (TREC 23-20), the New Home Contract — Completed Construction (TREC 24-20), the Farm and Ranch Contract (TREC 25-17), and the Residential Condominium Contract (Resale) (TREC 30-18).
These six forms are the entire promulgated contract set — TREC does not promulgate a commercial sale contract or a standard residential or commercial lease. Any agent or broker using an older printed packet, a saved template, or a form filled out from a prior transaction should confirm the revision date before it goes to a buyer or seller for signature, since using an outdated version of a promulgated form can create compliance problems down the line.
If you're not sure which revision is current for a given file, the safest habit is to always pull the form fresh at the point of use rather than reusing a saved copy from last year's transaction.
TREC forms are the Commission's own promulgated forms — the six contracts above, plus other TREC administrative and disclosure forms. TXR forms are published separately by Texas REALTORS® and cover a much larger library, including addenda, disclosures, and forms for deal types TREC doesn't promulgate at all.
Several TXR forms are simply reprints of the TREC original: for example, TXR 1601 reprints TREC 20-19, TXR 1603 reprints TREC 23-20, TXR 1604 reprints TREC 24-20, TXR 1605 reprints TREC 30-18, TXR 1607 reprints TREC 9-18, and TXR 1701 reprints TREC 25-17. In every one of these cases, the TREC-promulgated original is the current, authoritative version — the TXR reprint exists mainly for member convenience and formatting, not as a separate legal document.
A common misconception is that TREC promulgates commercial contracts or standard leases. It doesn't. Commercial sale contracts are TXR forms — TXR 1801 (Commercial Contract - Improved Property) and TXR 1802 (Commercial Contract - Unimproved Property) — and standard leases are also TXR forms, such as TXR 2001 (Residential Lease), TXR 2011 (Residential Lease for a Multi-Family Property Unit), and TXR 2101 (Commercial Lease). TREC's own lease-adjacent forms, TREC 15-7 and TREC 16-7, are short-term occupancy accessories used around a sale closing, not standalone lease agreements.
TREC 20-19 / TXR 1601 — the workhorse contract for existing single-family homes.
TREC 9-18 / TXR 1607 — used for unimproved property sales.
TREC 23-20 or 24-20 (TXR 1603/1604) depending on whether construction is complete.
TXR 1801 or 1802 — TREC has no promulgated commercial contract.
Form revisions aren't announced with fanfare — they show up quietly in a revision date printed in a form's footer, and it's easy to miss if you're working from a saved template or an old digital library. The most reliable habit is to check the revision date on every contract at the start of a new transaction, not just when a form 'feels' outdated.
This is exactly the kind of detail a sponsoring broker should be helping with. Part of what a brokerage relationship is supposed to provide — beyond a place to hang your license — is a system that keeps the forms you're using current and a broker you can actually reach when a question comes up mid-transaction. Agents working solo, or under a sponsorship that doesn't invest in tooling, often end up doing this form-tracking manually, which is where mistakes creep in.
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They're the six contracts TREC promulgates, each carrying a 2026-05-04 revision date: the Unimproved Property Contract (TREC 9-18), the One to Four Family Residential Contract - Resale (TREC 20-19), the New Home Contract - Incomplete Construction (TREC 23-20), the New Home Contract - Completed Construction (TREC 24-20), the Farm and Ranch Contract (TREC 25-17), and the Residential Condominium Contract - Resale (TREC 30-18).
TXR forms like TXR 1601, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1607, and 1701 are reprints of the corresponding TREC promulgated forms. The TREC-promulgated original is always the current, authoritative version of the contract, so when in doubt, confirm you're working from the current TREC-promulgated revision rather than an older reprint copy.
No. TREC does not promulgate a commercial contract. Commercial sales use TXR forms — TXR 1801 for improved commercial property and TXR 1802 for unimproved commercial property or land.
No. Standard leases are TXR forms, such as TXR 2001 (Residential Lease), TXR 2011 (Residential Lease for a Multi-Family Property Unit), and TXR 2101 (Commercial Lease). TREC's own TREC 15-7 and TREC 16-7 forms are short-term occupancy accessories tied to a sale closing, not standalone leases.
Pull each form fresh at the start of a transaction rather than reusing a saved copy, and check the revision date printed on the form. Tools that keep an updated form library in sync — like RaiderX's EZDocs — remove the guesswork by surfacing the current version automatically.
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