BILL REQ. #:  H-0549.1 



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HOUSE BILL 1056
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State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Representatives Simpson and Campbell

Read first time 01/14/2003.   Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.



     AN ACT Relating to notifying home buyers of where information regarding registered sex offenders may be obtained; adding a new section to chapter 19.149 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 64.06 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 19.149 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A lender shall provide to the borrower, prior to the closing of a residential mortgage loan, a disclosure statement in the following format that contains the following information:


     NOTICE TO THE BORROWER

INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN YOUR AREA MAY BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF. THIS NOTICE IS INTENDED ONLY TO INFORM YOU OF WHERE TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION AND IS NOT AN ASSERTION OF THE PRESENCE, OR LACK THEREOF, OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN YOUR AREA.
DATE . . . . . . . BORROWER . . . . . . . BORROWER . . . . . . .

     (2) The disclosure statement required by subsection (1) of this section does not create any legal duty on the part of the lender to provide the borrower with information regarding the actual presence, or lack thereof, of registered sex offenders near the borrower's home.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 64.06 RCW to read as follows:
     In a sale of residential real property in which a real estate contract as defined in RCW 61.30.010 is involved, or other type of sale in which a lender as defined in RCW 19.149.010 is not utilized, the seller shall provide to the buyer, upon the signing of the real estate contract or the transfer of the deed, whichever occurs first, a disclosure statement in the following format that contains the following information:


     NOTICE TO THE BUYER

INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN YOUR AREA MAY BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF. THIS NOTICE IS INTENDED ONLY TO INFORM YOU OF WHERE TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION AND IS NOT AN ASSERTION OF THE PRESENCE, OR LACK THEREOF, OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN YOUR AREA.
DATE . . . . . . . BUYER . . . . . . . BUYER . . . . . . .

     (2) The disclosure statement required by subsection (1) of this section does not create any legal duty on the part of the seller to provide the buyer with information regarding the actual presence, or lack thereof, of registered sex offenders near the buyer's home.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act applies prospectively only and not retroactively. It applies only to transactions occurring on or after the effective date of this act.

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