Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 64.06.010 (2026)

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This chapter does not apply to the following transfers of real property:
(1) A foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure;
(2) A gift or other transfer to a parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child of a transferor or child of any parent, spouse, or domestic partner of a transferor;
(3) A transfer between spouses or between domestic partners in connection with a marital dissolution or dissolution of a state registered domestic partnership;
(4) A transfer where a buyer had an ownership interest in the property within two years of the date of the transfer including, but not limited to, an ownership interest as a partner in a partnership, a limited partner in a limited partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, a leasehold interest, or transfers to and from a facilitator pursuant to a tax deferred exchange;
(5) A transfer of an interest that is less than fee simple, except that the transfer of a vendee's interest under a real estate contract is subject to the requirements of this chapter;
(6) A transfer made by the personal representative of the estate of the decedent or by a trustee in bankruptcy; and
(7) A transfer in which the buyer has expressly waived the receipt of the seller disclosure statement. However, if the answer to any of the questions in the section entitled "Environmental" would be "yes," the buyer may not waive the receipt of the "Environmental" section of the seller disclosure statement.
[ 2010 c 64 s 2; 2008 c 6 s 632; 2007 c 107 s 3; 1994 c 200 s 2.]

Notes:

Part headings not lawSeverability2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
FindingsIntent2007 c 107: See note following RCW 64.06.015.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2024 · leading case: Austin v. Ettl, 286 P.3d 85 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012).
Austin v. Ettl, 286 P.3d 85 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “020(1) provides, In a transaction for the sale of improved residential real property, the seller shall, unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement under RCW 64.06.010, or unless the transfer is otherwise exempt under RCW 64.”
Alejandre v. Bull, 153 P.3d 864 (Wash. 2007). “06 RCW contains requirements for sellers of residential real property to make certain disclosures unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement or the sale is exempt from the disclosure requirements under RCW 64.06.010. RCW 64.06.020(1). If…”
Renfro v. Kaur, 235 P.3d 800 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “In a transaction for the sale of improved residential real property, the seller shall, unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement under RCW 64.06.010, or unless the transfer is otherwise exempt under RCW 64.”
Renfro v. Kaur, 235 P.3d 800 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “In a transaction for the sale of improved residential real property, the seller shall, unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement under RCW 64.06.010, or unless the transfer is otherwise exempt under RCW 64.”
Almanza v. Bowen, 230 P.3d 177 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 64.06.010(7). Agreeing to a walk-through inspection is not an express waiver of the right to receive a disclosure statement.”
Almanza v. Bowen, 230 P.3d 177 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 64.06.010(7). Agreeing to a walk-through inspection *180 is not an express waiver of the right to receive a disclosure statement.”
Robert S. Apgood, Appellant's V. Roger A. Plautz, Respondent's (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “That provision says nothing about a buyer’s ability to waive the representations made in Form 17; rather it simply states that a seller must provide Form 17 unless the buyer expressly waives receipt.”
Alejandre v. Bull, 153 P.3d 864 (Wash. 2007). “06 RCW contains requirements for sellers of residential real property to make certain disclosures unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement or the sale is exempt from the disclosure requirements under RCW 64.06.010. RCW 64.06.020(1). If…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 64.06.010(7) — 3 cases
Almanza v. Bowen, 230 P.3d 177 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 64.06.010(7). Agreeing to a walk-through inspection is not an express waiver of the right to receive a disclosure statement.”
Almanza v. Bowen, 230 P.3d 177 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 64.06.010(7). Agreeing to a walk-through inspection *180 is not an express waiver of the right to receive a disclosure statement.”
Robert S. Apgood, Appellant's V. Roger A. Plautz, Respondent's (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “That provision says nothing about a buyer’s ability to waive the representations made in Form 17; rather it simply states that a seller must provide Form 17 unless the buyer expressly waives receipt.”
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