Selling a Haunted House? Here's What You Need to Know

Direct Mention
to Paranormal
Activity in State
Law?

Court Decisions
related to
Paranormal Activity

Statutory Language

Alabama

No

A court ruled that a  seller must disclose any material (important) defect or condition that (1) affects health or safety and (2) is unknown to the buyer

N/A

Alaska

No

N/A

Seller must disclose, if knows, murder or suicide on property w/in last year. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

Arizona

No

A court ruled that a  seller must disclose important facts that might negatively affect the value of the property.

N/A

Arkansas

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property (Homicide/suicide). Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

California

No

A court ruled that a death on property may be material if the death has a major effect on the value of the property

Seller must disclose death on property w/in last 3 years

Colorado

No

N/A

Facts that could cause psychological impact or stigma, such as death, are NOT required to be disclosed. Paranormal activity likely not required to be disclosed

Connecticut

No

N/A

Unimportant facts, such as death (and although no caselaw, likely paranormal activity) don't need to be disclosed. Seller must tell buyer about murder or suicide if buyer asks.

Delaware

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Seller must answer truthfully if buyer asks about psychological impacts. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

District of Columbia

No

N/A

N/A

Florida

No

N/A

Unimportant facts, such as deaths, don't need to be disclosed

Georgia

No

N/A

Seller not required to disclose deaths but should respond truthfully if asked

Hawaii

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose any occurrence that had no effect on the physical structure or the physical environment of the property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

Idaho

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Illinois

No

N/A

N/A

Indiana

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Iowa

No

N/A

N/A

Kansas

No

N/A

Seller only needs to disclose important physical facts about property. Paranormal, Stigma, or psychologic impacts NOT mentioned

Kentucky

No

N/A

N/A

Louisiana

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Maine

No

N/A

N/A

Maryland

No

N/A

N/A

Massachusetts

Yes

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property, including an alleged parapsychological or supernatural phenomenon.

Michigan

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose any fact that had no important effect on condition of property.

Minnesota

Yes

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose any fact that doesn't affect buyer's use or enjoyment of the property, including "perceived paranormal activity ..."

Mississippi

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that a death occurred on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

Missouri

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Montana

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose any fact that had no important effect on condition of property.

Nebraska

No

N/A

N/A

Nevada

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that a death occurred on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

New Hampshire

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that a homicide or suicide occurred on property. Seller must disclose if buyer asks. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

New Jersey

Yes

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose "psychological impairments" (murder, suicide, or "a property purportedly being haunted"). Seller should disclose known info if buyer asks

New Mexico

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that a homicide or suicide occurred on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

New York

Yes

Referring to paranormal activity at a home, courts will rescind the sale if the seller (1) takes unfair advantage of buyer's ignorance as to the house's reputation [of paranormal activity] and (2) the seller herself creates and perpetuates that reputation.

Excluding case law, a seller doesn't need to disclose that the house was site of homicide, suicide, or accident.

North Carolina

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that a death occurred on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

North Dakota

No

N/A

N/A

Ohio

No

N/A

N/A

Oklahoma

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Seller must disclose if buyer asks and a suicide or homicide on property is important to decision. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Oregon

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose any fact that had no important effect on condition of property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Pennsylvania

No

A court ruled that purely psychological stigmas are not important defects of property that sellers must disclose to buyers.

N/A

Rhode Island

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

South Carolina

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose psychologically affected property (death or manner of death). Seller must disclose if buyer asks about psychological impacts. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

South Dakota

No

N/A

Seller must disclose if homicide occurred on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

Tennessee

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose any act/occurrence that had no effect on physical structure of property, or that there was a homicide or suicide on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned.

Texas

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that a death occurred on property. Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

Utah

No

N/A

Seller doesn't need to disclose fact that property is "stigmatized." Paranormal activity NOT mentioned

Vermont

No

N/A

N/A

Virginia

No

N/A

N/A

Washington

No

N/A

N/A

West Virginia

No

N/A

N/A

Wisconsin

No

N/A

N/A

Wyoming

No

N/A

N/A