A good question. I would call the ARC and tell them you are interested in purchasing the property and would like a letter from them stating that the property is in compliance with community standards. Assuming they do not do this I guess part of the answer is how much work you want to do. You can observe most of the modifications if not all your self and then go to the office to see if they were approved. Another option would be to ask for a certification from the buyer as to what alterations were done with permits and which did not have approval. You could also ask them to provide documentation for all alterations at closing and to agree to being financially responsible for any future costs for un approved alterations. Guess if I was selling I would just go to the next buyer as I would not want to bother with the problem even though all modifications were ok.
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