MN HF3950

Sellers must disclose in writing to buyers the status and location of all known wells before signing a property sale agreement, including legal description, county, and a map showing each well's location.

For each well providing potable water, sellers must provide water analysis results for bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, and lead conducted by a certified laboratory within the previous six months.

At closing, sellers must provide a well disclosure certificate signed by the seller or authorized representative, containing buyer information and the quartile, section, township, and range of each well's location.

County recorders must collect a $50 fee for receipt of a completed well disclosure certificate and transmit $42.50 of that fee quarterly to the commissioner of health, who must maintain certificates for at least six years.

A seller of residential real property must comply with all well disclosure requirements, with exemptions for severed mineral interest sales and individual condominium unit transfers.