Selling your home without an agent inRedmond, Washington

RCW 64.06.010(7)

A buyer may expressly waive receipt of the seller statement, but may not waive the Environmental section when any answer in that section would be yes.

RCW 64.06.013(1)

A Washington commercial-real-estate seller must deliver the completed statutory-minimum commercial statement unless receipt is expressly waived or the transfer is otherwise exempt.

RCW 64.06.015(1)

A Washington unimproved-residential-real-property seller must deliver the completed statutory-minimum statement unless receipt is expressly waived or the transfer is otherwise exempt.

RCW 64.06.015(2)

The statutory seller statement is disclosure only and is not part of the purchase agreement.

RCW 64.06.020(1), notice to buyer

Washington’s improved-residential statement identifies its disclosures as existing material facts or defects based on the seller’s actual knowledge when the seller completes the statement.

RCW 64.06.020(1), operative version until Jan. 1, 2027

In a Washington sale of improved residential real property, the seller must deliver a completed statutory-minimum disclosure statement unless the buyer expressly waived receipt under RCW 64.06.010 or the transfer is otherwise exempt there.

RCW 64.06.030, first sentence

Unless receipt was expressly waived, a Washington seller must deliver the completed, signed, dated residential transfer statement no later than five business days after mutual acceptance, unless the parties otherwise agree.

RCW 64.06.030, second sentence

Within three business days after receiving the Washington residential transfer statement, unless otherwise agreed, the buyer may accept it or rescind in the buyer’s sole discretion.

RCW 64.06.030, third sentence

A Washington buyer who timely elects rescission must deliver written notice within the applicable period; on delivery, the buyer is entitled to immediate return of deposits and other consideration less agreed disbursements, and the purchase agreement becomes void.

RCW 64.06.040(1)

A scheduled closing inside the amendment rescission period is extended until that period expires.

RCW 64.06.040(1)

Before closing, a seller who learns from a nonbuyer source of additional information or an adverse change making a disclosure inaccurate must amend and deliver the statement.

RCW 64.06.040(1)

Absent a completed preclosing cure, the buyer may accept an amendment or rescind within three business days after receiving it.

RCW 64.06.040(1)

No amendment is required if the seller restores accuracy or corrects the adverse change at least three business days before closing.

RCW 64.06.040(2)

Postclosing events or information do not create a Chapter 64.06 amendment duty or Chapter 64.06 rescission right.

RCW 64.06.040(3)

If a required statement is not provided, the buyer rescission right continues until the earlier of three business days after receipt or closing, unless waived in writing.

RCW 64.06.050(1)

A seller is not liable under the statutory statement rule for an error, inaccuracy, or omission the seller did not actually know.

RCW 64.06.050(1)

Absent actual knowledge of error, the seller is not liable for statement information supplied by public agencies or qualified professionals acting within their license or expertise.

RCW 64.06.070

Subject to RCW 64.06.050, Chapter 64.06 preserves buyer rights under other common law, statutes, and contracts while creating no new chapter remedy beyond timely statutory rescission.

RCW 64.06.080(1)

A Washington city or county seller-information requirement is effective only after the required electronic summary and authority link or text are posted through the statutory system.

42 U.S.C. § 4851b(27)

Federal lead-disclosure law generally defines target housing as housing constructed before 1978, subject to the statutory elderly, disability, zero-bedroom, child-occupancy, and jurisdiction-specific exceptions.

42 U.S.C. § 4852d(a)(1)(B)

Before a purchaser or lessee is contractually obligated for target housing, the seller or lessor must disclose known lead-based paint or hazards and provide available lead-hazard evaluation reports.

42 U.S.C. § 4852d(a)(1)(C)

For a target-housing sale, the seller must permit the purchaser a 10-day lead risk-assessment or inspection period unless the parties mutually agree to a different period.

RCW 64.06.040(4)

An association failure to provide the specified requested statement information does not itself constitute the seller’s failure or refusal to provide the statement.

RCW 64.06.040(3)

For Chapter 64.06, closing requires payment and delivery and recording of the conveyance document; after closing, the delivery obligation and chapter remedies terminate.

RCW 64.06.010, lead-in

Washington Chapter 64.06 does not apply to the seven transfer categories enumerated in RCW 64.06.010.

RCW 64.06.010(1)

A foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is outside Chapter 64.06.

RCW 64.06.010(2)

A qualifying gift or transfer within the family relationships listed in RCW 64.06.010(2) is outside Chapter 64.06.

RCW 64.06.010(3)

A qualifying transfer between spouses or domestic partners connected to dissolution is outside Chapter 64.06.

RCW 64.06.010(4)

A transfer to a buyer who held an ownership interest in the property within the preceding two years is outside Chapter 64.06.

RCW 64.06.010(5)

A transfer of less than fee simple is generally outside Chapter 64.06, but a vendee's real-estate-contract interest remains subject to the chapter.

RCW 64.06.010(6)

A transfer by a decedent estate personal representative or bankruptcy trustee is outside Chapter 64.06.

RCW 64.06.060

The Legislature excludes practices covered by Chapter 64.06 from the public-interest element used to apply Washington’s Consumer Protection Act.

RCW 64.06.090

A Washington residential-real-property seller must make the statutory heating-oil-tank insurance notice available to the buyer.