(10) The contract should not use sentences with double
negatives or exceptions to exceptions.
(c) Visual guidelines.--In determining whether a contract
meets the requirements of subsection (a), a court shall consider
the following guidelines:
(1) The contract should have type size, line length,
column width, margins and spacing between lines and
paragraphs that make the contract easy to read.
(2) The contract should caption sections in boldface
type.
(3) The contract should use ink that contrasts sharply
with the paper.
Section 4. Notarization of contracts.
(a) General rule.--A real property contract shall be signed
by the landowner in the presence of a notary public in this
Commonwealth.
(b) Receipt of contract.--The landowner and buyer or lessee
shall receive a notarized copy of the contract.
Section 5. Damages, enforcements, assurance of voluntary
compliance and civil penalties.
(a) Damages and other remedies.--Any land broker, land man,
oil company or gas company who executes a real property contract
which does not comply with the test of readability provided
under section 3 is liable to the landowner for all of the
following:
(1) Compensation in an amount equal to the value of any
actual loss caused by the violation of this act.
(2) Statutory damages of $10,000.
(3) Court costs.
(4) Reasonable attorney fees.
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