Since January 1, 2026, California (AB 723) made it illegal to publish a digitally altered listing photo without a disclosure label, a public link to the original, and a retention record. Washington (NWMLS) and British Columbia have similar rules, and NAR 2026 guidelines are following suit.
For most agents and brokers, that means every single staged photo needs to be tracked, labeled, and verifiable before it hits the MLS.