Question from an Agent: My client, a seller of a DC property, has recently purchased a property and has never occupied it. Is the seller still required to complete the property disclosure form or is the seller exempt?
Answer from an attorney: There is no statutory exemption that would preclude the above seller from providing the property disclosure statement. DC Code § 42-1301 (b), provides guidance and lists certain types of property transfers that are exempt from anyone having to fill out the Disclosure statement. Some, but not all of these include: transfers between co-tenants; foreclosure sales; court ordered transfers such as probate, bankruptcy, divorce; and transfers made by a person of a newly constructed residential property that has not been inhabited.
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