§ 477:4-h — Notification Required Prior to Sale, Transfer, Lease, or Rental of Real Property Subject to a Public Utility Tariff Pursuant to RSA 374:61 for the Financing or Amortization of Energy Efficiency or Renewable Energy Improvements

I. Prior to or during the preparation of an offer for the purchase and sale of any interest in real property and in conjunction with an offer to lease or rent real property and before signing an agreement to sell, transfer, lease, or rent real property the seller, transferor, lessor, or owner shall disclose in writing to the buyer, transferee, lessee, or occupant if, to the seller's, transferor's, lessor's or owner's knowledge, any metered public utility services at the premises that the buyer, transferee, lessee, or occupant may be responsible for paying as a condition of such utility service is provided under a tariff with unamortized or ongoing charges for energy efficiency or renewable energy improvements pursuant to RSA 374:61. Such disclosure should include, if known, the remaining term and amount of such charges and any estimates or documentation of gross or net energy or fuel savings resulting from such financed or amortized improvements and investments. The buyer shall acknowledge receipt of the disclosure by signing a copy of the disclosure.
II. In the case of a sale or transfer of real property, the fact that information regarding such required disclosure is not available shall also be conveyed, in writing, when such is the case.

Legislative History

2010, 229:2, eff. Aug. 27, 2010.