"herlihyboy" wrote in message
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I hope this is relevant to this group. We are looking at buying a
home. When the seller built the home, he lived in a trailer on the
property while building it. During that time, his water came from a
well [brick-lined, open] and he said the quality was bad. So, he put
in a cistern to service the new home instead of using the well [home
and cistern are ~10 years old].

Is it legal to sell the home with the well open? It has a heavy, metal
lid over the opening, but I'm wondering more about the laws around
whether or not he is required to fill the well before selling it? We
may choose to include that in our contract anyway.

We're in SW Indiana.

Thanks,

Ryan


It all depends.

You live in SW Indiana.

I live in Las Vegas.

This newsgroup is read in Italy, Australia, and Kazakhstan.

The people who respond here may provide information that is relative only to
their area.

I HAVE A BRILLIANT IDEA!

Why don't you check with your local authorities? You know, the ones who
write the laws and set the guidelines in YOUR area for these EXACT things?

Yer Welcome.

Steve