70-20-503 Exempt transactions

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70-20-503 . Exempt transactions. The written disclosure statement set forth in 70-20-502 (1) is not required for the following transfers of residential real property:

(1) transfers pursuant to a court order, including but not limited to a transfer ordered by a probate court during the administration of a decedent's estate, a transfer pursuant to a writ of execution, a transfer by a trustee in bankruptcy, a transfer as a result of the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or a transfer that results from an order for specific performance of a contract or other agreement between persons;

(2) transfers between spouses resulting from a decree of dissolution of marriage or a decree of legal separation or from a property settlement agreement incidental to this decree;

(3) transfers to a mortgagee by a mortgagor or successor in interest who is in default, sales to a beneficiary of a deed of trust by a trustor or successor in interest who is in default, any foreclosure sale after default, any foreclosure sale after default in an obligation secured by a mortgage, a sale under a power of sale or any foreclosure sale under a decree of foreclosure after default in an obligation secured by a deed of trust or secured by any other instrument containing a power of sale, sales by a mortgagee or a beneficiary under a deed of trust who has acquired the residential real property at a sale conducted pursuant to a power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust or a sale pursuant to a decree of foreclosure or has acquired the residential real property by a deed in lieu of foreclosure, sales to the legal owner or lienholder of a manufactured home or mobile home by a registered owner or successor in interest who is in default, or sales by reason of any foreclosure of a security interest in a manufactured home or mobile home;

(4) transfers from one co-owner to one or more other co-owners;

(5) transfers to a person who is a spouse, child by blood or adoption, or parent of the seller or any other owner of the residential real property; and

(6) transfers when in the contract the buyer has waived the right to receive a disclosure statement at the time of submitting the offer to purchase to the seller.

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