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<p>I don't know about the legislative history, but I think the
purpose is likely related to the inspection process. From the
inspection response the seller will frequently learn of new
conditions to the property and the amendment merely keeps the
seller from needing to amend the disclosure statement --for that
particular sale to that particular buyer.</p>
<p>Also, the purpose of the disclosure statement is to disclose
conditions to the buyer. If the buyer informs the seller that
purpose would not be fulfilled because the buyer by definition
already knows.</p>
<p>What you're getting at is seemingly more what are the buyer's
remedies if they discover the disclosure statement was inaccurate.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kary L. Krismer
John L. Scott, Inc.
206 723-2148</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/31/2020 10:14 AM, Rod Harmon
wrote:<br>
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size="2" face="Calibri"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">As
originally enacted in 1994, RCW 64.06.040 required a
seller to amend the seller disclosure statement if the
seller became aware of additional information which made
any of the disclosures inaccurate. An amendment starts a
new three-business-day rescission period. In the 2009
amendments, that requirement was amended to limit the duty
to amend to situations in which
</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">"the
seller
</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">((bec<s>omes
aware</s>))<span style="background:white">
<u>learns from a source other than the buyer or others
acting on the buyer's behalf such as an inspector</u>
of additional information … which makes any of the
disclosures made inaccurate</span>."<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> With that amendment, if
the buyer discovered the additional information after
the three-business-day period expired but before
closing, the seller was not obligated to amend the
disclosure statement. For example, say the buyer
discovers that the property is in an environmentally
critical area and the disclosure statement says it is
not. Because the rescission period had expired, the
buyer would not be able to use the disclosure statute to
rescind. This seems strange to me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><font
size="2" face="Calibri" color="#313335"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#313335;letter-spacing:.1pt">I
can see how in that case the buyer could rescind on a
common law ground, preserved under RCW 64.06.050.
Specifically, the buyer could rescind based upon a mutual
mistake about a material fact, or, if the seller knew of
the ECA designation, unilateral mistake by the buyer and
concealment by the seller. But I am having trouble
understanding why the legislature amended the statute so
that the buyer could not use RCW 64.06 to rescind the
contract. I did not find anything in the legislative
history that addresses it. I would appreciate any insight
anyone has into the reason for this amendment. I am hoping
someone on this listserv had a hand in drafting it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Harmon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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