STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
MINERAL AND OIL AND GAS RIGHTS MANDATORY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Instructions to Property Owners
1.The Residential Property Disclosure Act (G.S. 47E) ("Disclosure Act") requires owners of certain residential real estate such as single- family homes, individual condominiums, townhouses, and the like, and buildings with up to four dwelling units, to furnish purchasers a Mineral and Oil and Gas Rights Disclosure Statement ("Disclosure Statement"). This form is the only one approved for this purpose.
2.A disclosure statement is not required for some transactions. For a complete list of exemptions, see G.S. 47E -2(a) A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THE TRANSFERS IDENTIFIED IN G.S. 47E -2(b), including transfers involving the first sale of a dwelling never inhabited, lease with option to purchase contracts where the lessee occupies or intends to occupy the dwelling, andtransfers between parties when both parties agree not to provide the Residential Property and Owner's Association Disclosure Statement. 3.You must respond to each of the following by placing a check in the appropriate box.
MINERAL AND OIL AND GAS RIGHTS DISCLOSURE
Mineral rights and/or oil and gas rights can be severed from the title to real property by conveyance (deed) of the mineral rights and/or oil and gas rights from the owner or by reservation of the mineral rights and/or oil and gas rights by the owner. If mineral rights and/or oil and gas rights are or will be severed from the property, the owner of those rights may have the perpetual right to drill, mine, explore, and remove any of the subsurface mineral and/or oil or gas resources on or from the property either directly from the surface of the property or from a nearby location. With regard to the severance of mineral rights and/or oil and gas rights, Seller makes the following disclosures: