Seller representation in Potomac

113 Potomac parcels carried a WSSC front foot benefit charge on their 2025 tax bills. A seller’s required tax estimate has to show it.

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The first of the home seller requirements in Potomac lands in your marketing, long before settlement. Under County Code 40-12C, your ads have to state what a buyer can expect to pay in property tax for a full year. The county counts the extra charges printed on the bill as part of that figure. On levy year 2025 bills, 113 Potomac parcels carried a WSSC front foot benefit charge, averaging $788.73 and running as high as $1,959.12. WSSC leaves that charge on the bill for 30 years. Owners can retire it early, which makes it a bargaining chip as well as a disclosure.

Radon is the second requirement, and here it reaches almost every listing. Detached houses alone are 71.4% of Potomac’s housing, and County Code 40-13C applies to them and to townhouses. Your test result has to be dated inside the twelve months before closing, and both sides receive it. Owners of condo and co-op units are left out of the rule.

Then comes the disclosure choice under Real Property 10-702. You hand the buyer either a full disclosure form or an as-is disclaimer by the time the contract is signed. Even the disclaimer route obliges you to reveal hidden defects you’re aware of. If the house runs on a private septic system, think carefully about what you know. The county’s own guidance warns that a failing system may not be apparent until an inspection, such as the buyer’s. A buyer who receives it after signing has 5 days from receipt to back out.

Our sequence is simple. We read your last tax bill line by line, price a front foot benefit payoff if one applies, and book radon on a date that holds through closing. The disclosure gets finished with you before the first showing. Hiring questions about the whole sale are answered on our Potomac real estate agent page, while Seller representation describes the service wherever you own. Scheduling is covered on home selling timeline in Potomac, and county rules sit on our Montgomery County page. For contrast, Seller representation in Bethesda deals with a different WSSC charge.

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Requirements change with the type of home and the pipes under it. Detached houses carry the radon test, and some run on a private well or septic system that a buyer’s inspector studies closely. Townhouse sellers carry radon plus the HOA’s own disclosure package. Condo owners skip radon but still owe buyers the association’s documents. A parcel connected to a WSSC-built main can carry a front foot benefit line for years. We check your parcel’s record for all of it first. Nothing gets guessed.

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Q: Do I have to disclose a WSSC front foot benefit charge when selling in Potomac? A: Yes, through the tax estimate. County Code 40-12C makes your ads show the buyer’s expected yearly tax, and extra bill charges count toward it. In levy year 2025, 113 Potomac parcels carried a front foot benefit charge averaging $788.73. WSSC also lets owners pay the balance off early, so retiring it is an option. Q: Why do buyers ask about septic when I sell a Potomac house? A: Because problems often surface only at inspection. Montgomery County’s own guidance admits well or septic trouble can stay out of sight until an inspector checks, typically during a sale. Some Potomac houses rely on private systems, so pull your pumping and repair records now and settle what you know before signing anything. Q: Does a Potomac townhouse need a radon test before it sells? A: Yes. County Code 40-13C reaches attached houses as well as detached ones, while condo and co-op units sit outside it. Your result must be dated within the twelve months before closing, and both parties get a copy. If closing slips past that window, you’ll need to test again first.

Sources

Last reviewed October 2, 2026 by Levi Loveless, licensed in Maryland and Virginia. Every rule, rate and figure on this page links to the source we checked.

Montgomery County Department of Finance, Real Property Taxes 2025 dataset, levy year 2025
WSSC Water, Front Foot Benefit Charge, page modified June 26, 2026
Montgomery County Code 40-12C
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, Table DP04, Potomac CDP, 2020-2024
Montgomery County Code 40-13C, Oct 1, 2016
Md. Code, Real Property 10-702
Montgomery County DEP, Onsite System Problems

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Read the tax bill before the listing photos.

Send us your address and your last tax bill. We’ll check it for a front foot benefit or connection charge and draft the 40-12C estimate. If you’re on septic, gather the pumping records. Radon gets booked next, and the disclosure is done before anyone tours.