The act of acceptance of an apartment is a document that certifies the fact of the transfer of housing under an agreement on the sale of real estate between individuals. The fact of transferring the premises under responsibility to another person is also confirmed by compiling other similar documents. Prior to signing the act on the transfer of housing, all responsibility for the safety of the apartment lies with the previous owner or construction organization. The content of the acts, depending on the particular housing and the situation, may vary.
With a successful transaction, when a purchase and sale agreement is registered and a new certificate of ownership is on hand, it remains only to go through the final stage - to sign the act of transferring the apartment. Typically, the contract sets the terms for the physical and legal release of the premises (if the seller has not been discharged before the transaction).
For the time specified by the contract, the person who sold the apartment is obliged to withdraw from registration and to free the living space from his property. After that, both parties to the transaction should meet in an apartment where the seller provides receipts for payment of rent, electricity, telephone calls and other payments until departure.
In the absence of a rental receipt, an approximate amount is calculated until the actual release by day. Immediately before signing the act of acceptance of the premises, the buyer can check in the appropriate authorities for debts. In the absence of disagreements and disputes, the keys are transferred from the seller to the buyer, after which the parties sign the document.
There is a slightly different scheme. The signing of the deed of transfer and the contract for the sale of housing is carried out simultaneously, and then they, along with all the documents, are submitted for registration. In this situation, the buyer is at some risk.
It is necessary to explain why, before the act of acceptance of the apartment is signed, the seller is responsible for the apartment and its safety, and then, after signing, the buyer. In the event that a fire or flood occurs, the seller will be liable until the act is signed, if something happens after that, the buyer will be responsible. Without the signed act, some authorities (for example, the registration chamber of the Moscow region) will not even accept documents, so all that remains is to hope that the seller will be a decent person, and that no emergencies will occur during the period of registration of documents.
Today there is no single model of the act of transfer, but, despite some differences in the form of the content of the document, its meaning remains the same. The act of acceptance of the apartment must include the following mandatory information: place and date of preparation of the document, information about the buyer and seller, the exact address of the apartment being sold, a clause on whether the condition of the apartment is satisfactory to the buyer.
The act of transfer and acceptance of the apartment allows the person selling the housing to avoid unreasonable claims that the buyer may present to him.
When selling an apartment with furniture, it is necessary to draw up a complete inventory of the furniture remaining in the room before signing the contract . And directly at the reception of housing, check the availability of property by agreement.
In general, the transfer of real estate is regulated by the article of the same code of the same name, which states that this procedure is carried out by the parties according to the signing deed of transfer or another document. The seller’s obligation to transfer is considered fulfilled at the time of signing the transfer document or act.