Parties Check Sex Offender Registry, Not REALTORS
SCR forms alert buyers and sellers about the sex offender registry and put the responsibility on the parties to check the sex offender registry if they want this information.
NAR reports an Arizona court ruled that a dual agency brokerage was not liable for failing to disclose that a sex offender lived next door to the subject property in a sales transaction.
http://www.realtor.org/legal-case-summaries/sex-offender-disclosure-suit-dismissed
SCR due diligence addendum is useful for buyers that want to terminate a transaction should a sex offender appear in the registry within a distance of the subject property. Failing to use the SCR due diligence addendum, buyers should check the sex offender registry prior to signing the contract.