City guide
What Richfield asks of a seller before a sale closes — and what it doesn’t. Every line below cites the city, county or state page it came from, so you can check it yourself.
All sources last checked 2026-08-20. Richfield is in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
This is a reference document, not legal advice, and city rules change. Confirm anything you are relying on with Richfield before you act on it.
Required · Richfield
Richfield's mandatory Point of Sale Inspection is its truth-in-sale-of-housing programme — a city-administered housing-maintenance evaluation rather than the Minneapolis/St. Paul private-evaluator model, but required just the same. A 1989 city ordinance (Section 408.01) requires every single-family and two-family home in the city, including condominiums, transferring title after 1 October 1990 to be inspected by the City's Inspection Division and to obtain a Certificate of Housing Maintenance before the transfer of ownership or closing. Arranging the inspection is the owner's responsibility and not necessarily the real estate agent's. The fee covers one initial inspection and one re-inspection: $190 single-family, $270 two-family, $140 condominium. Any repairs needed to meet the housing code must be completed and re-inspected before closing and within one year of the initial inspection; where the buyer takes on the repairs instead, closing may proceed only under the conditions in the City's Point of Sale brochure, and the City publishes a Housing Cash Escrow Agreement for that purpose. The City recommends inspecting before the home is listed or advertised. Apply and pay first, then call 612-861-9882 to schedule.
Source: https://www.richfieldmn.gov/departments/community_development/permits,_inspections___licenses/point_of_sale_inspections.php · checked 2026-08-20
Required in some cases · Richfield
No standalone certificate of occupancy is required at residential resale; instead the city issues a Certificate of Housing Maintenance through the required Point of Sale Inspection, which must be obtained before transfer.
Source: https://www.richfieldmn.gov/departments/community_development/permits,_inspections___licenses/point_of_sale_inspections.php · checked 2026-08-20
Required in some cases · Richfield
Richfield City Code Section 407 requires all residential rental property in the city to be licensed and inspected on an annual basis. This is not triggered by the sale itself, but it governs the property afterwards, so it matters to a buyer who intends to rent rather than occupy. Separately, under Section 409 a new owner must give tenants in affordable units a three-month protection period.
Source: https://www.richfieldmn.gov/departments/community_development/permits,_inspections___licenses/rental_license___inspections.php · checked 2026-08-20
Required · Minnesota
Minnesota's seller-disclosure law (Minn. Stat. 513.55) requires the seller to give the buyer a written disclosure of all material facts the seller is aware of that could adversely and significantly affect the property or a buyer's intended use. The statute does not name special assessments; an assessment against the property is disclosed when it meets that test. Who pays is not a city requirement — it is negotiated in the purchase agreement: the seller may pay it off before closing, the buyer may assume it, or it may be prorated between them. No Richfield-specific point-of-sale special-assessment requirement was identified; Hennepin County provides assessing services for the city.
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/513.55 · checked 2026-08-20
Required · Hennepin County
Minnesota State Deed Tax applies to instruments conveying Minnesota real property when presented for recording (statutory exemptions apply). Base rate is 0.0033 of net consideration statewide; Hennepin County adds a 0.0001 Environmental Response Fund (ERF) surcharge (authorized by Minn. Stat. 383B.80, Hennepin County Deed and Mortgage Tax), bringing the total to 0.0034 (0.34%). Where there is no consideration, or consideration of $3,000 or less, the state deed tax is $1.65 under Minn. Stat. 287.21, with the ERF applying on top. An eCRV (Electronic Certificate of Real Estate Value) must be submitted for consideration over $3,000 (Minn. Stat. 272.115, Certificate of Value; Filing). Due at recording. A $5 county conservation fee is also due on each deed recorded, under Minn. Stat. 40A.152, which requires the fee of every metropolitan county.
Source: https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/deed-tax-rate · checked 2026-08-20
Required · Minnesota
Statewide requirement (applies in Richfield). Minn. Stat. 513.61 / 144.496 require the seller of residential real property to provide a written radon disclosure and a copy of MDH 'Radon in Real Estate Transactions' before signing a purchase agreement. Not a city-specific rule.
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/513.61 · checked 2026-08-20
Required · Minnesota
Well disclosure required statewide under Minn. Stat. 103I.235. Before signing an agreement to sell or transfer real property, the seller must disclose in writing the status and location of all known wells. At recording, the deed must either carry a statement that there are no wells or be accompanied by a well disclosure certificate — a county recorder may not record the deed without one.
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/103I.235 · checked 2026-08-20
Required in some cases · Minnesota
Statewide requirement under Minn. Stat. 116.48 (Notification Requirements), applicable in Richfield; no city-specific rule beyond state law was identified. A seller who knows the property contains an underground or aboveground storage tank must inform the buyer in writing of the owner's notification requirements under that section.
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/116.48 · checked 2026-08-20
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