 Death (by Kay [WA]) Jan 25, 2008 9:01 AM
 Death (by Gen [NM]) Jan 25, 2008 9:04 AM
Death (by Jeanette [CA]) Jan 25, 2008 9:24 AM
Death (by Gary [MI]) Jan 25, 2008 10:43 AM
Death (by Gen [NM]) Jan 25, 2008 11:07 AM
Death (by Jeanette [CA]) Jan 25, 2008 12:00 PM
Death (by RR [WA]) Jan 25, 2008 12:04 PM
Death (by Gen [NM]) Jan 25, 2008 12:11 PM
Death (by Gary [MI]) Jan 25, 2008 2:06 PM
Death (by AllyM [NJ]) Jan 25, 2008 2:29 PM
Death (by Josh [CA]) Jan 25, 2008 4:37 PM
Death (by christa [IL]) Jan 26, 2008 6:08 AM
Death (by June [PA]) Jan 26, 2008 8:25 AM
Death (by Kay [WA]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 9:01 AM
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State Specific Question About: WASHINGTON (WA)
I just had a tenant die in one of my apartments. Do I need to let prospective tenants or buyers know this? --24.17.xx.xxx |
Death (by Gen [NM]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 9:04 AM
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No. Not unless it in some way permanently affected the apartment, then I suppose you'd have to disclose that.
People die in apartments (and houses, for that matter) all the time. --66.162.xx.xx |
Death (by Jeanette [CA]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 9:24 AM
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This varies from state to state. Please check your states laws.
In California you do have to notify prospective tenants for 3 years. --66.60.xxx.xxx |
Death (by Gary [MI]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 10:43 AM
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I'm not sure which state may have disclosure laws either but you can bet most older homes have had people die in them.People don't always chose where they die.Years ago most people died at home and they even held funerals there. --66.255.xxx.xx |
Death (by Gen [NM]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 11:07 AM
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In WA you do not have to disclose, I'm pretty sure.
Three years in CA though? That's crazy...
Personally I don't see what difference it makes. That isn't something that should be a LL responsibility, unless it actually affected the tenant. Like the person had TB and there was biohazard left uncleaned, or whatnot.
Next we'll have to disclose whether the prior tenant had kids, right? I mean, some people might be sensitive to the "vibes" left by the kids...have to make the LL have a shaman come in and do a psychic cleansing. --66.162.xx.xx |
Death (by Jeanette [CA]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 12:00 PM
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I agree with you Gen - but that is California for you. Our disclosure laws are pretty crazy sometimes.
I had a tenant die in a unit from a heart attack. No damage to the unit, the family found her within 12 hours. I disclosed it to everyone who looked but no one seemed to really care. The kids that moved in are still there and it has been 4 or 5 years now. I won't have to disclose it the next time it comes vacant. --66.60.xxx.xxx |
Death (by RR [WA]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 12:04 PM
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I am not aware of a WA law on this. If it was a natural death, I would not disclose. Perhaps a violent crime would need to be handled differently. Are you sure she died in your apartment or was it on the way to the hospital? --199.3.xxx.xxx |
Death (by Gen [NM]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 12:11 PM
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Hmm well there's an interesting question RR...
Most of the time when people have a heart attack (and someone is around) the paramedics come out and try to revive them, and then transport them to the hospital where they are pronounced dead, although in reality they have been dead the whole time.
So... did they die in the apartment, the ambulance, or at the hospital? Seems you wouldn't have to disclose it if they technically "died" somewhere else.
(It sounds like the OP's situation was clearer, the person did die in the apartment, just an interesting thing to think about). --66.162.xx.xx |
Death (by Gary [MI]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 2:06 PM
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As a former EMT here is how MI Law works on pronouncing.The EMT may not pronounce if the patient is still viable you must start CPR and head to the hospital a doctor will pronounce there. If the patient is obviously dead you must not move the body and call the Medical Examiner to come to the scene to pronounce,sometimes this takes hours.I doubt if a death certificate shows an address probably just a town.Also details of the treatment would be confidential.Long way of saying I agree, proving where the actual "death" occured would be tough. --66.255.xxx.xx |
Death (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 2:29 PM
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Sometimes sensitive people will ask, and then you should tell them. A woman called once and asked me if there were any spirits in the apartment and I had to say that I did not know. Someone who had lived there a long time had died after moving out. Later I took a photo there and there was a large orb, which is a spirit energy, in the photo in two different rooms. One was in the middle of a hall and the other was near the floor, probably my little dog as I had lived there when she passed. --76.99.xxx.xx |
Death (by Josh [CA]) Posted on: Jan 25, 2008 4:37 PM
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Regarding the death certificate. My 1st cousin died in her home in Sarasota FL.
On the death certificate it gave her home address. She was pronounced dead by the coroner who was called to the scene by a policeman.
The police were called by her estate lawyer?
Why he was there no one knows. Very oDd.
The point being that she died at home and that home address was on the death certif.
--209.240.xxx.xxx |
Death (by christa [IL]) Posted on: Jan 26, 2008 6:08 AM
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I have some personal experience with this.. 2 years ago on 4th of july I had a tenant commit suicide by blowing his brains out. In Illinois, you don't have to disclose, unless there was a violent crime... I did choose to disclose as all the other tenants in the building knew what had happened. I did find a sweet senior citizen lady who did not care,apparently her husband took his own life as well. She has been there since and working out well. Be sure to follow the laws of your state, but if the new tenant will find out anyway (from other tenants) I say be truthful up front. --74.135.xx.xxx |
Death (by June [PA]) Posted on: Jan 26, 2008 8:25 AM
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My mother-in-law, father-in-law, and my husband all died in our home.
And probably the woman who owned house 55 years ago also died in this house.
Death happens. No one gets out alive. --205.188.xxx.xxx |
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