After the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or purchase real estate or transfer real estate to another for minor consideration which requires a change in names on the deed within the Borough of Grove City on which a building or improvement exists, without first obtaining a document of certification or temporary document of certification from the proper officers of the Borough of Grove City. A deed change is deemed not to have occurred for (i) the sale or transfer of real estate between spouses in the event of marriage, divorce or death; and (ii) the transfer of real estate into a trust in which the current owner(s) is exclusively named as a beneficiary. It is also intended that the obligation to repair any defects or violations run with the land and this obligation binds the purchaser and their respective heirs and assigns.
(Ord. 1492, passed 8-21-2023) Penalty, see § 53.999