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Family burial grounds disclosure required on Seller Disclosure
Dated: June 9 2026
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What is new on the Seller Disclosure Statement?
Starting June 11, 2026, sellers are required to disclose if the property contains a "family burial ground, mausoleum, or columbarium". Please note that this relates to human remains.
Another change isn't quite as interesting but important. If a seller answers "yes" to there being modifications or remodeling to the property, seller has to disclose whether homeowner's association approvals were obtained for those changes.
The last I will mention has to do with a property in which the buyer recieves a resale certificate (usually with a condo sale). Now, a buyer is not liable for alterations to a unit that went against HOA rules if the authorized agent should have known about it and didn't identify it in the resale certificate.
New Seller Disclosure in affct June 11, 2026
Lori Christensen
Lori Christensen is a native Skagit County resident and enjoys living with her family in Bellingham since 2010. She ranked in the top ten agents in her brokerage and has sold over $44 million in ....
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