A new Illinois property disclosure law requires sellers to dislose to buyers if they have had any knowledge of the manufacture of methamphetamine on the premises being sold.
State Rep. Michael Smith D-Pekin introduced House Bill 214 to amend the state’s Residential Real Property Disclosure Act to include the methamphetamine disclosure. The law was passed and is now in effect, requiring all Illinois property owners to provide the new property disclosure form.
Illinois law already requires disclosure of material defects ranging from walls, floors, structural problems, lead paint, radon and asbestos. Because the residue of meth labs could contain life threatening chemicals, state legislators felt the need for the meth disclosure.
The new language in the property disclosure reads as follows:
23. I am/am not (check one) aware that this property has been used for the manufacture of methamphetamine as defined in Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control Community Protection Act.
“The manufacture of meth in a home creates build up of toxicity in the home that leads to long term adverse health consequences for the inhabitants,” according to the site, Methlabhomes.com
Closed Properties
1410 Fowler – Evanston – $74,000 (foreclosure)
1013 Washington #1W – Evanston – $123,000
604 Sheridan #1E – Evanston – $140,000
408 Ridge #22-3 – Evanston – $140,000
1567 Ridge #603 – Evanston – $158,500
3500 Church #204 – Evanston – $165,000 (short sale)
723 Simpson #2 – Evanston – $165,000
1210 Chicago #409A – Evanston – $180,000
721 Foster #3E – Evanston – $245,000
1236 Chicago #601 – Evanston – $268,000
1651 Church #1651 – Evanston – $300,000
1222 Chicago #706 – Evanston – $310,000
2333 Crawford – Evanston – $329,500
2956 Central – Evanston – $344,000
539.5 Ridge – Wilmette – $345,000
928 Judson #1 – Evanston – $350,000
1440 Sheridan #705 – Wilmette – $352,500
1572 Maple #403 – Evanston – $358,000
1180 St. Johns – Highland Park – $358,000 (foreclosure)
853 Pleasant – Highland Park – $361,000
2200 Grey – Evanston – $387,500
1817 Grant – Evanston – $400,000
2720 Lawndale – Evanston – $419,000
8845 Central Park – Evanston – $425,000
1086 Kent – Highland Park – $440,000
1216 Dewey – Evanston – $442,000
551 Ridge – Kenilworth – $450,000
2023 Maple – Evanston – $455,000
3127 Sprucewood – Wilmette – $485,000
2219 Birchwood – Wilmette – $500,500
1257 Scott – Winnetka – $575,000
800 Chilton – Wilmette – $580,125
226 Sunset – Wilmette – $605,000 (short sale)
1069 Elm Ridge – Glencoe – $650,000
437 Chestnut – Winnetka – $730,000
687 Sheridan – Wilmette – $960,000
600 Forest – Wilmette – $1,325,000
1045 Meadow – Glencoe – $1,470,000 (short sale)
337 Raleigh – Kenilworth – $2,100,000
1234 Westmoor – Winnetka – $2,800,000
Pending (List Price=LP)
1927 Jackson – Evanston – $139,000 LP
2419 Church – Evanston – $198,000 LP
558 Green Bay – Glencoe – $240,000 LP
1961 Beverly – Highland Park – $249,900 LP
319 3rd #319 – Wilmette – $374,800 LP
807 Rosewood – Winnetka – $389,999 LP
229 Sylvan – Glencoe – $499,000 LP
1965 McCraren – Highland Park – $579,000 LP
177 Indian Tree – Highland Park – $599,000 LP
335 Central – Wilmette – $690,000 LP
1234n Isabella – Wilmette – $699,000 LP
2075 Windy Hill – Highland Park – $970,000 LP
804 Forest – Wilmette – $1,395,000 LP
898 Ash – Winnetka – $1,399,000 LP
532 Oak – Winnetka- $1,495,000 LP
1640 Maple #1606 – Evasnton – $1,595,000 LP
1010 Sheridan – Glencoe – $1,699,000 LP
717 Locust – Winnetka – $2,395,000 LP
523 Hoyt – Winnetka – $6,750,000 LP
Based on information from Midwest Real Estate Data for the period Sept. 15, 2009 through Sept. 23, 2009. Listing and solds by various participants of MRED. For more real estate information, please call me at 847-512-2724 or email me at TPareti@rubloff.com
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Illinois is off to a great start by requiring disclosures! That’s great! The only problem is that disclosure laws are only for honest people, who are willing to tell the truth about a contamianted home.
I hope that Illinois takes this a step further and require that homes be tested to keep sellers “honest”. That is the only way to insure that someone doesn’t buy a home that’s contaminated. It would also protect the seller from any possible lawsuits in the future.
Disclosure laws are ok, but they leave too much room for deceit to step through. If you buy a home in a state where there’s a disclosure law in place and later find out that its contaminated. You get the health problems and medical bills and the bill for the lawyer you’re going to have to hire to try to get your money back from the seller. Where do you live in the meantime? You’ll be paying for that too.
Suing the person or agency that sold you a contaminated home can take years. Lawmakers need to enact laws that do what they are supposed to do – protect the public’s health and safety.Too many innocent people, including pregnant women and young children, are suffering life changing health consequences. States need to need to take a stance and protect them!
I congratulate Illinois for finally enacting some protection against these toxic homes, but I hope they understand that disclosure laws still leave a gaping hole through which innocent families can fall through.
Dawn
methlabhomes.com