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  Purchase Agreement - Offer to Buy

A Purchase Agreement is an agreement or contract between a buyer and a seller agreeing that a sale of real estate will take place in the future between the parties.  It usually includes the purchase price, the description of the real estate to be sold, the identities of the parties, the date when the sale will be closed, and when possession of the transfer of the real estate is to be transferred to the buyer.  The parties may include other terms as necessary.  In most states, a purchase agreement is not the actual conveyance or transfer of title but an agreement to do so in the future.  A purchase agreement must be in writing and must be signed.  However, it is possible that an oral or verbal purchase agreement will be enforced if one or more of the parties has performed, in whole or in part, his/her duties or obligations under the purchase agreement, and fairness mandates that the oral or verbal purchase agreement be enforced.  Please see specific state for details and/or differences.

Black�s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition.

 

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 MASSACHUSETTS | MICHIGAN | MINNESOTA | MISSISSIPPI | MISSOURI | MONTANA | NEBRASKA | NEVADA 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEW JERSEY | NEW MEXICO | NEW YORK | NORTH CAROLINA | NORTH DAKOTA | OHIO 
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 TEXAS | UTAH | VERMONT | VIRGINIA | WASHINGTON | WEST VIRGINIA | WISCONSIN | WYOMING

ALABAMA
Alabama Code 8-9-2.

ALASKA
Alaska Code 09.25.020.

ARIZONA
Arizona Code 44-101.

ARKANSAS
Arkansas Code 4-59-101-03.

CALIFORNIA
California CC 1091.

COLORADO
Colorado Code 38-30-108, 110.

CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Code 52-550.

DELAWARE
Delaware Code 6-2714(b).

FLORIDA
Florida Code 725.01 onward.

GEORGIA
Georgia Code 44-7-2; 13-5-31.

HAWAII
Hawaii Chapter 508D.

IDAHO
Idaho Code 9-503, 504.

ILLINOIS
Illinois Code 740-80/1,2.

INDIANA
Indiana Code 32-2-2-1.

IOWA
Iowa Code 622.32-35.

KANSAS
Kansas Code 33-105, 106.

KENTUCKY
Kentucky Code 371.010.

LOUISIANA
Louisiana CC 2275;  T.9, 5353.

MAINE
Maine T.33, 51-53.

MARYLAND
Maryland Real Prop. Art. 5-104.

MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts C. 259, 1.

MICHIGAN
Michigan CLA 560.106, .110, .132.

MINNESOTA
Minnesota Code 513.04, .06.

MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Code 15-3-1.

MISSOURI
Missouri Code 432.010.

MONTANA
Montana Code 28-2-903.

NEBRASKA
Nebraska Code 36-103.

NEVADA
Nevada Code 111.205 through .210;  111.015.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire C. 506, 1-2.

NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Code 25-1-2.

NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Common Law.

NEW YORK
New York G.O.L. 5-703.

NORTH CAROLINA
Carolina Code 22-2.

NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Code 9-06-04.

OHIO
Ohio Code 1335.05.

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Code 15-136.

OREGON
Oregon Code 41.580; 93.020.

PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Code 33-1.

RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Code �9-1-4.

SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Code �27-23-60.

SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Code �53-8-2.

TENNESSEE
Tennessee Code �29-2-101.

TEXAS
Texas Prop. Code 5.021 and Bus. & Comm. Code 26.01.

UTAH
Utah Code 25-5-1.

VERMONT
Vermont Code 12-181.

VIRGINIA
Virginia Code 11-2.

WASHINGTON
Washington Code 64.04.010-.020; 19.36.010.

WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Code 36-1-3.

WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Code 706.01-.02, .04.

WYOMING
Wyoming Code 1-23-105.

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