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Lead-Based Paint Disclosure

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Lease or sale

The federal disclosure has a version for leases and a version for sales. Your answer sets the wording and the parties.

Choose "Lease" for a rental, including a renewal on new terms. Choose "Sale" for a sale of the home or of an interest in it.
The disclosure is signed and attached to the lease or the purchase contract. Naming it here ties the two together. Leave blank to refer to it generally.

The housing

Include the unit number, city, state, and ZIP code.
The federal disclosure applies to housing built before 1978. If you know only that it was built before 1978, enter your best estimate of the year, such as the year shown in the property tax record.
The federal rule does not generally require the disclosure in these situations (40 CFR 745.101 and 745.103). If none applies, or you are not sure, choose "None of these."

Who signs

Up to two owners and up to two tenants or buyers can sign.

The landlord (lessor)

The owner or landlord renting out the housing.

The second landlord (lessor)

The tenant (lessee)

The second tenant (lessee)

The seller

The owner selling the housing.

The second seller

The buyer (purchaser)

The second buyer (purchaser)

What the owner knows about lead

The owner discloses any lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards they know of in the housing, or states that they know of none.

"Known" includes anything found by a past inspection, risk assessment, or test, or otherwise known to the owner. Choose "No" only if the owner has no knowledge of any.
For example, past lead abatement or repair work, or clearance testing after work.

Records and reports

Records and reports include inspection reports, risk assessments, test results, and abatement or clearance records. Any the owner has must be given to the tenant or buyer and listed here.

The EPA pamphlet

The tenant or buyer signs a statement that they received it. The pamphlet is available from the EPA website in several languages.

Buyer's inspection opportunity

For a sale, the buyer states whether they had the chance to have the home checked for lead before being bound by the contract, or waived it.

Real estate agents

An agent who acts for the owner in the lease or sale also signs an acknowledgment.

Include a leasing agent or property manager who is paid by the owner to rent or sell the housing.
The federal rule's definition of "agent" does not include a tenant's or buyer's representative who is paid only by the tenant or buyer (40 CFR 745.103). Choose "Yes" if a second agent will sign the agent's acknowledgment.

The landlord's agent

The tenant's agent

The seller's agent

The buyer's agent

Anything else

For example, a note about lead-safe repair work planned before move-in. Keep it factual; it cannot change the statements above.

Governing law

The laws of this state govern the form except where federal law applies. State or local lead rules are not covered by this form.

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