Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement — RPI Form 314-1

This form is used by a seller or seller agent when marketing for a one-to-four unit residential property located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone and constructed before January 1, 2010 or subject to local defensible space ordinances, to prepare and hand to prospective buyers for thei
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A seller agent uses the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement to disclose the existence of natural hazards on the sale of any type of real estate to a prospective buyer and the Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement when the property is in a high fire hazard severity zone to disclose
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