CALIFORNIA

Property hazard disclosure became a standard practice in California in the 1970's, long before it evolved in other states. California disclosure laws and legislation have expanded dramatically in the decades since. The links below summarize the salient disclosure-related statutes that have recently affected home transactions in this state.

ARIZONA

While Arizona sellers have long been required to disclose known physical defects of the sale property and certain material facts about the environment around it, a 2006 state law formalized the manner and scope in which disclosures shall be made in written third-party reports.