HB 1372 Summary

• Creates a new chapter in North Dakota Century Code requiring sellers to disclose in writing any knowledge of radon concentrations in residential real property before signing a sale or transfer agreement.

• Disclosure must include whether a radon test has been conducted, current radon test records and reports, description of any radon concentrations or mitigation measures, and information about any radon mitigation systems.

• Applies to all transfers of residential real property interests including sales, exchanges, deeds, contracts for deed, leases with purchase options, and other options.

• Exempts transfers that are gratuitous, court-ordered, to government agencies, by foreclosure, to heirs, to family members, between spouses in divorce, or to tenants already in possession of the property.

• Radon test measurements must comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's "Federal Radon Action Plan" (2011).