MN SF3951

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

For each well that provides potable water, sellers must provide water analysis results for bacteria, nitrate, and arsenic 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 the disclosure statement information, buyer's name and address, and the quartile, section, township, and range of each well location.

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

Requirement applies to all residential real property sales and is codified in both Minnesota Statutes section 103I.235 and new section 513.62.