Disclosing a Death

by | Oct 22, 2017 | Jim's Take on the Market, Thinking of Selling? | 7 comments

Just so you know….

7 Comments

  1. gameagent
    gameagent on October 23, 2017 at 12:45 am

    Do you remember the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe? Talk about a stigmatized property. I think RSF went as far as to change the name of the street.

  2. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on October 23, 2017 at 7:06 am

    Yes, and the buyer tore down the house and rebuilt.

  3. daytrip
    daytrip on October 23, 2017 at 2:37 pm

    What if you… kill yourself, because the police have surrounded your home… because they figured out that you have expired hooker’s buried in your back yard… and you all have HIV? Everybody have to be quiet about that one?

    Daytrip
    Loophole Ranger

  4. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on October 23, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    What if you… kill yourself, because the police have surrounded your home… because they figured out that you have expired hooker’s buried in your back yard… and you all have HIV? Everybody have to be quiet about that one?

    Yes, that is fine, no disclose is necessary. If a dozen bad guys step on your lawn, and you kill all of them, no disclosure is necessary as long as none of them lived with you. The police might have something to say though!

    If the deceased was not an occupant, had HIV or AIDS, or died more than three years ago, you do not have to disclose their death on the property.

  5. gameagent
    gameagent on October 23, 2017 at 9:15 pm

    I’m a little mixed up…

    If a death occurred last year in the house, and the person who died had HIV or AIDS, must the death still be disclosed? Or just not that the dead person had HIV or AIDS?

    How about if I directly ask the seller “Has a person died in this house?” and “Did the dead person have HIV or AIDS?” Is the seller legally allowed to say NO to both questions?

  6. Name
    Name on October 24, 2017 at 9:13 am

    Disclose, disclose, disclose… The neighbors will always tell!!

  7. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on October 24, 2017 at 9:27 am

    I think the C.A.R. is so paranoid about us discriminating against HIV/AIDS deaths that they have lost sight of the real intent of the law.

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