17
March
CAVEAT EMPTOR
Newsday/Ellen Mitchel
A state Supreme Court judge in Mineola ruled earlier this year that real estate agents and homesellers have no obligation to disclose the presence of a sex offender in the neighborhood wherethey are selling houses. As far as sex offenders in the community, it is the responsibility of thebuyer to determine if any convicted sex criminals live nearby but it is not always a simple task.Police departments in Nassau and Suffolk counties have procedures for disseminating thisinformation but they involve filling out request forms to review the local directory