§ 248.20. Required acts.

(a) Any owner or representative of the owner who makes available for sale any single- or two-family dwelling, townhouse, first time condominium conversion that is not condemned requiring a code compliance, by implementing any of the following actions including, but not limited to, advertising the sale of the dwelling, entering into a listing agreement to sell the dwelling or posting a sign that the dwelling is for sale, shall, within three (3) calendar days of any such action, have an evaluation by a licensed evaluator.

(1)

A disclosure report shall be prepared only by persons licensed as truth-in sale of housing evaluators under section 248.200.

(b)

Any owner or representative of the owner who makes available for sale any single- or two-family dwelling, townhouse, first time condominium conversion that is condemned requiring a code compliance, by implementing any of the following actions, including, but not limited to, advertising the sale of the dwelling, entering into a listing agreement to sell the dwelling or posting a sign that the dwelling is for sale, shall, within three (3) calendar days of any such action, have a valid certificate of code compliance as set forth in section 89.15 of this Code or a copy of the orders issued as a result of a code compliance inspection.

(1)

A code compliance certificate or orders of code compliance shall be prepared as directed by the City of Minneapolis building official.

(c)

All required repair/replace items identified on a truth-in-sale of housing disclosure report must be completed by the buyer within ninety (90) days after the date of closing. The city does not assume any responsibility or liability if the buyer's funds are not sufficient to cover the costs of all required work. If the property is not sold, this section does not require the seller to complete the repairs. If the certificate of approval is not presented at closing, the buyer must sign the acknowledgement of responsibility agreement. (98-Or-057, § 1, 6-26-98; 98-Or-085, § 1, 8-28-98; 2002-Or-034, § 2, 5-3-02; 2005-Or-143, § 2, 12-23-05; 2013-Or-164, § 1, 12-6-13)