# California Regional MLS (CRMLS) virtual-staging disclosure

- Status: Explicit requirement
- Applies to: CRMLS listing images that are digitally altered or virtually staged
- Last verified: 2026-08-09
- Next review: 2026-11-09

## What the source says

CRMLS requires the unaltered image immediately before or after the altered version and a photo-description label such as “digitally altered” or “virtually staged.”

## Disclosure wording

Use a clear photo-description label such as “digitally altered” or “virtually staged.”

## Prohibited or limited edits

- Changing landscaping not included in the sale
- Adding or removing structures or permanent fixtures
- Removing unsightly external elements outside the property

## Stylst practical guidance—not policy

Upload the original and staged image as an adjacent pair, repeat the disclosure in the photo description, and do not alter permanent property facts.

## Primary source

[Digitally Altered Image Guidance & FAQs](https://kb.crmls.org/knowledgebase/digitally-altered-image-guidance-faqs/)

Corrections: hello@stylst.app