When the buyer or seller is not following the stipulations of the contract, you can issue them a Notice to Perform. Once this Notice is given, they will have a certain amount of time to make the required action or you can cancel the contract. The new Residential Purchase Agreement defaults this period to 2 days. So for instance, if the buyer has not removed their contingencies, the seller can issue the Notice to Perform. If two days after the notice has been delievered, the buyer still hasn’t removed their contingencies in writing, then the Seller can cancel the contract and return the buyer’s deposit. Keep in mind, that within this contract, Time is of the Essence. If the seller waited 5 days after the two day waiting period (or one week after they issued the Notice to Perform), they would have to issue a new Notice to Perform to the buyer if they wanted to cancel. In effect, the Notice to Perform has an expiration due to the “Time is of the Essence” clause in the contract.

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