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The state might not be liable, but it does suggest that that the state could improve the process to make it harder for non-disclosure to occur. Like, okay, maybe you could need, as part of purchasing a house, to drop by the land records site and view what information the state has on the lot as part of the process.
EDIT: I'd also add that I've gone and poked at data like that in the past, and was really surprised that nobody has put all that in one spot. Like, there's a lot of information that you might want to know when purchasing a house, and it's spread all over all kinds of sites, often government ones. I think that the reason that it hasn't happened been made more-accessible and been unified is because a lot of real estate websites are really aimed at the seller and the agent listing the property, so they aren't going to attach any undesirable information to a house. But, to give some examples, what about crime? Flood risk? Fire risk? Mining activity in the area? Noise levels from traffic or aircraft? Seismic activity? Traffic? Air quality? There are websites out there with information about all that, but it's not in a unified place that a buyer could consult.
city-data.com is maybe one of the better "aggregators" that I've seen, but they don't do data below city level. That's fine for some stuff, like giving an idea of the climate in a city, but it doesn't deal with fine-grained stuff.