Real estate disclosure reports, the written reports of home inspectors, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill updates the real estate disclosure report forms and changes the requirements for a report submitted to a client by a registered home inspector.

Under current law, with certain exceptions, an owner selling residential real property or vacant land must give a prospective buyer a form, known as a real estate condition report for residential real property and known as the vacant land disclosure report for vacant land, on which the owner discloses certain conditions of, and other information about, the real property of which the owner is aware. This bill makes various technical changes to these forms, including grouping questions into substantive categories, providing examples of different types of defects, and providing additional instructions and explanatory material. The updated forms include the disclosures required under current law. In addition to making technical changes, the bill requires additional disclosures regarding the owner's awareness of certain conditions related to the property, including 1) defects related to smoke detectors or carbon monoxide detectors or violations of state or local smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector laws; 2) unsafe levels of mold or other moisture intrusions or conditions; 3) defects in, as opposed to just the presence of, underground or aboveground fuel storage tanks; and 4) burial sites on the property.

Who's behind it

9 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 9 are Republicans.

5 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

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