Think the house you're selling is haunted? In Massachusetts, there's no need to disclose

Hearing things that go bump in the night? If you’re like us, it’s probably the radiators that you can’t quite silence or the shutters you’ve been meaning to lock down. But if you’ve ruled those out and think you have paranormal visitors, you don’t have to affirmatively disclose that “fact” when selling your house.

Mass. Gen. Law c. 93 s. 114 is a so-called “stigma statute,” forms of which have been enacted by at least half of the states. The law protects homesellers, lessors, agents, and brokers who know or suspect that real property may be “psychologically impacted” by barring purchasers or lessees from bringing a cause of action after the fact. “Psychologically impacted” is defined as, among other things, “the site of an alleged parapsychological or supernatural phenomenon.”

If you’re selling your creaky New England house, give the attorneys at Levine Law a visit. www.levinelawma.com

To read the statute in full, click here.