Maryland

For Maryland, testing required at sale? is A contract for the sale of real property on which a private or domestic water supply well is located shall include a provision requiring, as a condition of the sale, that the purchaser ensure that water quality testing of the well be conducted; who tests / pays is the purchaser; authority is §10–713, verified against its source on 2026-08-19.

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

(b) (1) A contract for the sale of real property on which a private or domestic water supply well is located shall include a provision requiring, as a condition of the sale, that the purchaser ensure that water quality testing of the well be conducted. (2) (i) Settlement on the contract for the sale of the real property may not occur until the vendor and the purchaser have each received and reviewed the results of the water quality testing conducted under this subsection. (ii) At settlement on the contract for the sale of the real property, the vendor and the purchaser shall each certify in writing that they have received and reviewed the results of the water quality testing. (3) For the purpose of this subsection, the results of the water quality testing remain valid for 3 years. (4) A purchaser may waive in writing the water quality testing requirements under this subsection.

— mgaleg.maryland.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19

Source

• mgaleg.maryland.govhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp&section=10-713&enactments=false

Last verified against source: 2026-08-19. Due for re-check by 2027-08-19. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.