Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Ohio

Seller's Property Disclosure Form Required

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Vol. 2000-7 July, 2000

TRANSFERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE; RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURE FORM

Residential real property transfers from one owner to another mandate disclosure of defects in the form of a Residential Property Disclosure Form, required by Ohio statute.

Revised Code 5302.30 states: �� (C) [E]very person who intends to transfer residential real property *** shall complete all applicable items in a property disclosure form *** and shall deliver *** a signed and dated copy of the completed form to each prospective transferee or his agent as soon as is practicable.�� ***

��(H) *** [E]very prospective transferee of residential real property who receives in accordance with division (C) of this section a signed and dated copy of a completed property disclosure form *** shall acknowledge his receipt of the form by doing both of the following:

��(1) Signing and dating a copy of the form;

��(2) Delivering a signed and dated copy of the form to the transferor or his agent or subagent."��***

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AUTHOR: J. NORMAN STARK is an Attorney-at-Law, a Registered Architect, (AIA, NCARB) Registered Landscape Architect, Interior Designer, Planner and Senior Appraiser (ASA), admitted to practice law before the Bar of Ohio, the US District Courts, Ohio and Illinois (Central Dist.), the US Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He has experience in Business, Real Estate, Public Works, Litigation, Appeals, and Construction-Legal Project and Crisis Management. His office is in Cleveland, Ohio.