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Mail real estate disclosure statements to buyers

Seller disclosure statements and similar required real-estate disclosures can be mailed Certified with electronic Return Receipt for $14.99 so the delivery date — which often starts a buyer's statutory rescission window — is provable.

Usually the right pick: Certified + Return Receipt · $14.99

Several states give a home buyer a right to cancel after receiving a seller's disclosure statement — a set number of days (often three or five) counted from delivery, not from signing. If a deal later falls apart, or a buyer claims they never got the disclosure, the only thing that settles it is a dated delivery record. That is a different problem than a purchase-contract notice clause, which is why it earns its own guide rather than folding into general real-estate correspondence.

Certified Mail with the electronic Return Receipt is the standard way agents and title companies document this: the receipt shows exactly when the disclosure was received, which is the date the rescission clock starts (or, just as usefully, the date that proves the clock already ran out). Certified alone ($12.99) proves you mailed it; the electronic Return Receipt adds the recipient's confirmed delivery, which is the number that actually matters here.

Disclosure packages often run several pages — natural hazard reports, lead-paint addenda, HOA disclosure bundles. Documents up to 12 pages fit in one order; longer packages split across two mailings, each separately provable.

This is for the disclosure itself and its required addenda, not a substitute for whatever county or MLS filing your transaction also requires. Agents sending these routinely can wire the send into their transaction-management tool through the REST API, so the disclosure goes out the moment it is signed off internally.

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Common questions

Does the rescission period start when I mail the disclosure or when the buyer gets it?

In states with a statutory rescission window, it is almost always delivery, not mailing. That is why Certified with electronic Return Receipt ($14.99) matters here more than for an ordinary notice — the receipt is the document that proves the delivery date the window is counted from.

Can I mail a multi-page disclosure package in one order?

Yes, up to 12 pages as one text-based PDF. If your disclosure bundle (statement plus addenda plus reports) runs longer, split it into a second order and keep both delivery receipts together.

Is this specific to one state's disclosure law?

No — the mailing method is the same regardless of which state's disclosure form you are sending. Confirm your own state's required disclosures and rescission timing; we mail whatever document you provide, we do not generate the disclosure itself.