An Act To Require Disclosures Relating to the Sale of Residential Real Property Accessible Only by a Private Way
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 33 MRSA §173, sub-§4, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 476, §1, is amended to read:
D. Underground oil storage tanks as required under Title 38, section 563, subsection 6; and
Sec. 2. 33 MRSA §173, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 476, §1, is amended to read:
5. Known defects. Any known defects . ; and
Sec. 3. 33 MRSA §173, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6. Property accessible by private way. For residential real property accessible only by a private way, the name of the person who owns the private way and the name of the person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the private way. If any of the information required to be disclosed under this subsection is unknown to the seller, the seller shall disclose that fact. For the purposes of this subsection, "private way" has the same meaning as in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 58.
SUMMARY
This bill provides that, for residential real property accessible only by a private way, the seller must disclose, if known, the name of the person who owns the private way and the name of the person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the private way.