Will real estate expert witnesses
determine that the "Arizona Homeowners Bill of Rights" is damaging on
homeowners and the housing industry? The Tucson Citizen reports on
Prop. 201 with analysis by the Arizona Legislative Council:
Current law provides an alternative process for purchasers and contractors or sellers to resolve issues related to the design, construction, condition or sale of a dwelling prior to filing a lawsuit. Proposition 201 makes mandatory changes to the legal procedures for any purchaser dwelling action and for the time to sue on any improvements for real property:4. After receiving notice of alleged defects, the measure would require rather than allow the seller to conduct an inspection of the dwelling to determine the cause of the alleged defects and what repairs or replacements would be necessary, if any, to remedy the alleged defects.5. The seller would be required to send the purchaser a written response within 30 days, instead of 60 days, after receiving a notice from the purchaser of the purchaser's intent to file a court action against the seller. If an offer to repair or replace any alleged defects includes an offer of compensation, the purchaser would be given the sole power to choose compensation instead of repair or replacement.6. A seller would be required to hire a qualified licensed contractor to complete any and all repairs to the dwelling. In order for the licensed contractor to be qualified, the registrar of contractors could not have had an order against the licensed contractor in the preceding 10 years.
