Form 21 ©Copyright 2011
Residential Purchase & Sale Agreement Northwest Multiple Listing Service
Rev. 8/11 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Initials: BUYER: _________________ Date: _____________ SELLER: ________________ Date: ___________
BUYER: _________________ Date: _____________ SELLER: ________________ Date: ___________
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
GENERAL TERMS
a. Purchase Price. Buyer shall pay to Seller the Purchase Price, including the Earnest Money, in cash at Closing, unless
otherwise specified in this Agreement. Buyer represents that Buyer has sufficient funds to close this sale in accordance
with this Agreement and is not relying on any contingent source of funds, including funds from loans, the sale of other
property, gifts, retirement, or future earnings, except to the extent otherwise specified in this Agreement.
b. Earnest Money. Buyer shall deliver the Earnest Money within 2 days after mutual acceptance of this Agreement to
Selling Broker who will deposit any check to be held by Selling Firm, or deliver any Earnest Money to be held by Closing
Agent, within 3 days of receipt or mutual acceptance, whichever occurs later. If the Earnest Money is held by Selling
Firm and is over $10,000.00 it shall be deposited into an interest bearing trust account in Selling Firm’s name provided
that Buyer completes an IRS Form W-9. Interest, if any, after deduction of bank charges and fees, will be paid to Buyer.
Buyer shall reimburse Selling Firm for bank charges and fees in excess of the interest earned, if any. If the Earnest
Money held by Selling Firm is over $10,000.00 Buyer has the option to require Selling Firm to deposit the Earnest
Money into the Housing Trust Fund Account, with the interest paid to the State Treasurer, if both Seller and Buyer so
agree in writing. If the Buyer does not complete an IRS Form W-9 before Selling Firm must deposit the Earnest Money
or the Earnest Money is $10,000.00 or less, the Earnest Money shall be deposited into the Housing Trust Fund
Account. Selling Firm may transfer the Earnest Money to Closing Agent at Closing. If all or part of the Earnest Money is
to be refunded to Buyer and any such costs remain unpaid, the Selling Firm or Closing Agent may deduct and pay them
therefrom. The parties instruct Closing Agent to provide written verification of receipt of the Earnest Money and notice of
dishonor of any check to the parties and Brokers at the addresses and/or fax numbers provided herein.
Upon termination of this Agreement, a party or the Closing Agent may deliver a form authorizing the release of Earnest
Money to the other party or the parties. The party(s) shall execute such form and deliver the same to the Closing Agent.
If either party fails to execute the release form, the other party may make a written demand to the Closing Agent for the
Earnest Money. If only one party makes such a demand, Closing Agent shall promptly deliver notice of the demand to
the other party. If the other party does not object to the demand within 10 days of Closing Agent’s notice, Closing Agent
shall disburse the Earnest Money to the party making the demand. If Closing Agent complies with the preceding
process, each party shall be deemed to have released Closing Agent from any and all claims or liability related to the
disbursal of the Earnest Money. The parties are advised that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Closing Agent may require
the parties to execute a separate agreement before disbursing the Earnest Money. If either party fails to authorize the
release of the Earnest Money to the other party when required to do so under this Agreement, that party shall be in
breach of this Agreement. Upon either party’s request, the party holding the Earnest Money shall commence an
interpleader action in the county in which the Property is located. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term Closing
Agent includes a Selling Firm holding the Earnest Money. The parties authorize the party commencing an interpleader
action to deduct up to $500.00 for the costs thereof.
c. Included Items. Any of the following items, including items identified in Specific Term No. 5 if the corresponding box is
checked, located in or on the Property are included in the sale: built-in appliances; wall-to-wall carpeting; curtains,
drapes and all other window treatments; window and door screens; awnings; storm doors and windows; installed
television antennas; ventilating, air conditioning and heating fixtures; trash compactor; fireplace doors, gas logs and gas
log lighters; irrigation fixtures; electric garage door openers and remotes; water heaters; installed electrical fixtures;
lighting fixtures; shrubs, plants and trees planted in the ground; all bathroom and other fixtures; and all associated
operating equipment. If any of the above Included Items are leased or encumbered, Seller shall acquire and clear title at
or before Closing.
d. Condition of Title. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, title to the Property shall be marketable at Closing.
The following shall not cause the title to be unmarketable: rights, reservations, covenants, conditions and restrictions,
presently of record and general to the area; easements and encroachments, not materially affecting the value of or
unduly interfering with Buyer’s reasonable use of the Property; and reserved oil and/or mining rights. Monetary
encumbrances or liens not assumed by Buyer, shall be paid or discharged by Seller on or before Closing. Title shall be
conveyed by a Statutory Warranty Deed. If this Agreement is for conveyance of a buyer’s interest in a Real Estate
Contract, the Statutory Warranty Deed shall include a buyer’s assignment of the contract sufficient to convey after
acquired title.
e. Title Insurance. Seller authorizes Buyer’s lender or Closing Agent, at Seller’s expense, to apply for the then-current
ALTA form of Homeowner’s Policy of Title Insurance for One-to-Four Family Residence, from the Title Insurance
Company. If Seller previously received a preliminary commitment from a Title Insurance Company that Buyer declines
to use, Buyer shall pay any cancellation fees owing to the original Title Insurance Company. Otherwise, the party
applying for title insurance shall pay any title cancellation fee, in the event such a fee is assessed. If the Title Insurance
Company selected by the parties will not issue a Homeowner’s Policy for the Property, the parties agree that the Title
Insurance Company shall instead issue the then-current ALTA standard form Owner’s Policy, together with
homeowner’s additional protection and inflation protection endorsements, if available. The Title Insurance Company
shall send a copy of the preliminary commitment to Seller, Listing Broker, Buyer and Selling Broker. The preliminary
commitment, and the title policy to be issued, shall contain no exceptions other than the General Exclusions and
Exceptions in the Policy and Special Exceptions consistent with the Condition of Title herein provided. If title cannot be
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