Contingency Removal Form
Document exactly which contingency a buyer is removing from a contract—when, and that they understand the impact of removal. Collect the property and contract details, the removal date, and the buyer's written acknowledgment in one place.
When a buyer removes a contingency, their deposit stops being refundable. If they walk away after that, the earnest money generally goes to the seller, so "the buyer told me they were fine with the inspection" is thin protection if the deposit turns into a dispute. Typeform's contingency removal form records which contingency is coming off, the date, and the buyer's acknowledgment of what removal costs them, so nobody reconstructs the conversation months later.
Buyers confirm the property, the contract, and which contingency they're removing. Select the appraisal contingency, and the form asks the buyer to acknowledge they'll cover any gap between the appraised value and the purchase price; select the loan contingency, and it asks them to acknowledge their deposit is at risk if financing falls through. The buyer sees only the consequence that applies to the removal in front of them.
You come away with a dated record of which contingency came off, what the buyer acknowledged, and what stays in place. Send it for signature through your e-signature tool or on the form your contract requires. The file then shows what the buyer acknowledged and when.
A contingency removal form is an online form that records a buyer removing a contingency from their purchase contract. It collects the property and contract details, which contingency the buyer is removing, the date, and their acknowledgment of what removal means for the deposit. Agents and brokerages use contingency removal forms to document a removal precisely before it goes for signature.
Without a contingency removal form, removals tend to happen in a phone call or over a text thread, and the only record of the contingency removal is whatever the two parties remembered about changing the contract. If the deal collapses later, the buyer's side says they only mentioned the inspection report looked fine, whereas you claim that they removed the contingency from the document. Yet, neither version exists in writing. A contingency removal form puts the contingency removal in writing in real time: the buyer names the contingency, acknowledges that they understand what removing it from the contract costs them, and submits a dated record you can send for signature.
Capture what the removal has to establish:
- Property and contract identification
- Which contingency is coming off
- Date of removal
- What the buyer acknowledges it means
- Any contingencies still in place
No. It collects the details and records what a buyer acknowledged, but removing a contingency is a contractual act, and most contracts specify the form and signature it requires. California's standard contract, for one, requires buyers to remove contingencies actively and in writing. Use this to capture the removal details accurately, then execute it through the process your contract and state call for.
Before the contingency period in the contract expires—and not on its last afternoon. Whether a contingency lapses on its own or has to be actively removed depends on your contract and your state, which is exactly why you want the removal properly documented, rather than assumed. If a seller has issued a notice to perform, the window narrows sharply, often to a couple of days.
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