Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2572A – Radon testing and disclosure
(a) Except as excluded by § 2577 of this title, every purchaser of any interest in residential real property on which a residential dwelling exists shall be notified that said property may present the potential for exposure to radon.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2572A
- Buyer: means any individual, partnership, corporation or trustee purchasing any estate or interest in real property. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2571
- Document: means :
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Residential real property: means any estate or interest in a manufactured housing lot or real property, improved by dwelling units for 1-4 families. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2571
- Seller: means any individual, partnership, corporation or trustee transferring residential real property. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2571
(b) Except as excluded by § 2577 of this title, the seller of any interest in residential real property on which a residential dwelling exists is required to provide the buyer with any information on radon from tests or inspections in the seller’s possession, and notify the buyer of any known radon hazards.
(c) The Department of Health and Social Services shall develop the content of written information that the selling broker shall provide to the buyer of any interest in residential real property on which a residential dwelling exists. The information shall describe potential hazards of exposure to radon, testing for radon and radon remediation.
(d) The Delaware Real Estate Commission shall develop a form that will document that subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section have occurred. The form shall be utilized for every transfer of residential real property as described in this section and shall include:
(1) The property address;
(2) The seller’s disclosure of the presence of radon hazards, if known;
(3) The buyer’s acknowledgement that information about radon was received;
(4) The buyer’s acknowledgement of that buyer’s option to test for radon;
(5) The seller’s acknowledgement that the seller has been informed of the seller’s obligation and is aware of that seller’s responsibility to ensure compliance with this section; and
(6) Signatures of the buyer and seller attesting to the above and the date so signed.