SELLER'S DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Instructions to the Seller for Seller's Disclosure Statement
These Instructions are to assist the Seller in completing the required Seller's Disclosure Statement in order to comply with
the District of Columbia Residential Real Property Seller Disclosure Act.
1.
(a) where the property consists of one to four residential dwelling units, and,
Who must complete the Seller's Disclosure Statement? The Seller, not the broker and not the management company,
condominium association, cooperative association or homeowners association.
2. In what types of transactions must the Seller provide the Seller's Disclosure Statement to the Purchaser? The Act
applies to the following types of transfers or sales of District of Columbia real estate:
(b) the transactions a sale, exchange, installment land contract, lease with an option to purchase, or any other option to
purchase, and,
(c) the purchaser expresses, in writing, an interest to reside in the property to be transferred.
However, the Act does not apply to:
(a) court ordered transfers;
(b) transfers to a mortgagee by a mortgagor in default;
(c) transfers by sale under a power of sale in a deed of trust or mortgage or any foreclosure sale under a decree of
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosures;
(d) transfers by a non-occupant fiduciary administering a decedent's estate, guardianship, conservatorship or trust;
(e) transfers between co-tenants;
(f) transfers made to the transferor's spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling (or any combinations of
the foregoing);
(g) transfer between spouses under a divorce judgment incidental to such a judgment;
(h) transfers or exchanges to or from any governmental entity; and
(i) transfers made by a person of newly constructed residential property that has not been inhabited.
3. When does the Seller's Disclosure Statement have to be provided to the Purchaser? In a sale, before or at the time
the prospective transferee executes a purchase agreement with the transferor. In an installment sales contract (where a
binding purchase contract has not been executed), or in the case of a lease with no option to purchase, before or at the time
the prospective transferee executes the installment sales contract or lease with the transferor.
4. What information must the Seller disclose? Answer ALL questions on the Seller's Disclosure Statement. If some
items do not apply to your property, check "N/A" (not applicable). If you do not know the facts, check "UNKNOWN".
Report actually known conditions referred to in the questions. Each disclosure must be made in "good faith" (honesty in fact
in the making of the disclosure). Attach additional pages with your signature if additional space is required.
The Seller of a condominium unit, cooperative unit, or a lot in a homeowners association, is to provide
information only as to the Seller's unit or lot, and not as to any common elements, common areas or other areas
outside of the unit or lot.
This is the required Seller's Disclosure Statement approved by the Washington, DC Board of Real Estate.
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