{"id":33508,"date":"2024-10-17T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=33508"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:19:09","slug":"seller-disclosure-form-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/seller-disclosure-form-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need a Disclosure Form to Sell a House in New Jersey?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re considering selling your New Jersey home, you\u2019ve probably wondered what kind of disclosure forms the Garden State requires and how much you need to know about the specifics of your home to successfully close a sale.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to New Jersey Realtors\u00ae, the only required disclosure form<\/a> pertains to the owners\u2019 knowledge of lead paint or paint hazards in homes constructed prior to 1978.<\/p>\n

The form, filled out and signed by the homeowner at the time of listing, verifies whether the seller knows of the presence of lead-based paint or hazards on the property.<\/p>\n

That disclosure also entitles the buyers to conduct or waive a 10-day opportunity to conduct their own risk assessment or inspection for the presence of lead-based paint and\/or lead-based paint hazards.<\/p>\n

If the seller\u2019s home was built in 1979 or afterward, the form is not required.<\/p>\n

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Why so many New Jersey home sellers complete the Property Condition Disclosure Statement even though the form is not required by NJ law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":305,"featured_media":49364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[243,319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contracts","category-selling-advice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDo You Need a Disclosure Form to Sell a House in New Jersey?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why so many New Jersey home sellers complete the Property Condition Disclosure Statement even though the form is not required by NJ law.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/seller-disclosure-form-nj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do You Need a Disclosure Form to Sell a House in New Jersey?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why so many New Jersey home sellers complete the Property Condition Disclosure Statement even though the form is not required by NJ law.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/seller-disclosure-form-nj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HomeLight Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gohomelight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-17T13:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-01T09:19:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hl-blog.homelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/seller-disclosure-form-nj-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"563\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrian E. 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