Morbid subject

[RRTom]

In California, if a death occurs in a home within the past 3 years, it must be disclosed to any buyers of that home. Does that same law apply to RV's?

[frankdamp]

A house on our street is a very nice one - in excellent condition. The owner, A Pearl Harbor vet, died peacefully at home in his 90's. His partner stayed on by herself, but eventually couldn't manage and went into care.

The house sold very quickly, but was back on the market a few days later and was bought by an out-of-town buyer who hadn't jumped in quickly enough when it was first advertised.

When I talked to her as I was passing with our dogs, she said the original buyer was Islamic and bailed out of the deal when he found someone had died there. He claimed that it's against their religious beliefs to purchase a house where a death has occurred on the premises.

[navegator]

You only have to disclose a death in an RV if the front end is really crumpled up, there is a big black stain and spatter and attracts a lot of flies, and there are a few blue gloves and some stained gauses, aotherwise no.

navegator

[slickest1]

Dead People can't hurt you!!

[SuperiorBound]

Love this discussion. My mom died in our house of old age natural causes. Her bed was in our living room where our couch is. I still don't like to sit in that spot. But that Is just me, she just passed away less than a year ago.

[wannavolunteerF]

here we have questions about flooding, and sinkholes. and several similar things but as I helped mom fill out her disclosure on her house about a month, it didn't ask about deaths.

[SCVJeff]

Camorhino wrote:
Sold our home last year in CA. Had to disclose if we had a meth lab, pets, ever smoked in it, if the neighbors partied all night, any dangerous buried pipelines nearby. Seemed a little over the top, but......

How could you possibly know if there are buried pipes that have been in the ground well over 75 years? If you've been in California for awhile, there have been several leaks and explosions in and around Long Beach from lines nobody knew were there. same in N.Cal a few years ago and it took out an entire neighborhood. Isn't that what an escrow company is supposed to do?

[Camorhino]

rockhillmanor wrote:

Camorhino wrote:
Sold our home last year in CA. Had to disclose

if we had a meth lab

, pets, ever smoked in it, if the neighbors partied all night, any dangerous buried pipelines nearby. Seemed a little over the top, but......

You had to disclose your dog? :B

Good one!!!!:D

[rockhillmanor]

Camorhino wrote:
Sold our home last year in CA. Had to disclose

if we had a meth lab

, pets, ever smoked in it, if the neighbors partied all night, any dangerous buried pipelines nearby. Seemed a little over the top, but......

You had to disclose your dog? :B

[toedtoes]

Before once again condemning California...

Alaska and South Dakota apparently have a similar law - if someone died by suicide or murder within the past year, it must be disclosed.

Other states have dealt with lawsuits regarding this issue. For some people, they aren't comfortable living in a house where someone died - why not eliminate them from the start and go directly to the people who are OK with it? Why risk having the buyer find out 3 weeks after the sale and sue you over it, when with disclosure they would be out of there?

[JohnG3]

Based on the comments in this thread RV.net needs to add a "LIKE" button similar to Facebook. Many of the replies are very funny.

[Tyler0215]

The California legislators must lay awake nights dreaming up new laws to pass. They should all go home and ponder life with less laws.

[Kennedy64]

After my daughter and her family moved back in with us, strange things started happening in the basement, where they set up house, especially around the granddaughter's crib. Knew right away it was my girls grandpa, my ex FIL. Had to thank my current husband for not only allowing our daughter and her family to move in but also my ex FIL.

[4X4Dodger]

First: this is the wrong place to go for legal advice.

Second: See above

[beemerphile1]

RRTom wrote:
In California, if a death occurs in a home within the past 3 years, it must be disclosed to any buyers of that home. Does that same law apply to RV's?

I don't have the answer but am certainly curious of the reason for asking. Want to share?