Since March 2024, New Jersey sellers must answer flood questions on the state property condition disclosure statement, and the rest of the duty still runs on common law. This post explains what seller disclosure in New Jersey actually requires: the Weintraub v. Krobatsch latent defect rule, why the disclosure form is where sellers create their own liability, the limits courts have placed on the duty, the flood disclosure law, and the steps that prevent a post-closing lawsuit.
