Rural properties and acreage are rarely serviced by public sewers. In many cases, the waste disposal system on site is noted as being a septic system. Unfortunately, problems with the septic system continue to be an ongoing source of claims made against appraisers.
We cannot offer any magic language that will keep the appraiser from being sued when a septic system problem comes up; but we might get the appraiser dismissed out of the case after a motion is filed or perhaps, we can convince the Judge, or the mediator, that the appraiser is the least culpable of the defendants named in the case.
It is important that the appraiser always state within the report the source that was consulted to determine that the property is serviced by a septic system, whether it was MLS, public records, etc. That source should be deemed reliable and, of course, more than one source is preferable.
