Real Disclosure Statement

Alabama law states a death on the property is not a material fact that must be disclosed. In addition, Alabama is a buyer-beware stateit's the buyer's duty to discover anything about the property that doesn't directly affect health and safety.

In the simplest terms, a Seller's Disclosure is a document a potential buyer receives in order to know what condition the property is in. It contains about 100 questions and it will take you 20-30 minutes at most to complete.You're not required to have this document ready until your home is under contract.

Under California law, all material facts that affect the value or desirability of the property must be disclosed to the buyer. There is no specific definition or rule on what is considered to be a material fact.

Unlike in many other U.S. states, Alabama law employs a rule known as caveat emptor for the sale of used residential property. Caveat emptor is Latin for let the buyer beware, which means that the seller has no actual duty to advise the buyer of issues with the property's physical condition during the sale.

Almost every U.S. state has passed laws mandating that sellers give buyers specific information about what structural and other features the house contains, and their condition.

If you live in a non-disclosure state, it means that sale prices in a real estate transaction are not disclosed or recorded as public record. If you want to know a sale price of a home, you'd have to ask the seller directly or work with a real estate professional who has access to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

California's Especially Stringent Disclosure Requirements Sellers must fill out and give the buyers a disclosure form listing a broad range of defects, such as a leaky roof, deaths that occurred within three years on the property, neighborhood nuisances such as a dog that barks every night, and more.

Alabama law provides that a seller or seller's agent has a duty to disclose information about used real estate in three scenarios 1) Defects affecting health and safety, 2) where a fiduciary relationship exists, and 3) upon specific inquiry by the buyer.