santa clara c: Sellers no longer required to provide SSN to Buyers under FIRPTA - 08/03/08 09:42 AM
FIRPTA is the acronym for the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act.
As of August 1, 2008 home sellers are no longer required to provide to home buyers the Seller's Affidavit of Nonforeign Status, which includes the seller's social security numbers.
As a real estate agent I have NEVER provided a seller's social security number to a buyer. My practice has always been to blacken out the social security number before the FIRPTA was released to a buyer as part of the seller disclosures.
Only the protected copy of the FIRPTA was made available to the buyer. If a buyer's agent asked me … (4 comments)

 
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