• Lead disclosure laws enacted in 1996 require that you inform tenants or potential home buyers of existing lead-based paint. Lead disclosure law requires that you:
• provide the EPA Pamphlet "Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home"
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• disclose to buyer/tenant and each real estate agent any known lead-based paint/hazards
• provide copies of records or reports about lead-based paint/hazards;
• keep signed receipt for EPA pamphlet for 3 years; and
• sales contracts must specify that Buyers (not tenants) have a 10 day inspection period, and right of cancellation.
• In 1997 the North Carolina General Assembly adopted the Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act that established a new lead-based paint Preventative Maintenance Program (PMP).  The PMP is a voluntary housing maintenance standard that encourages lead-safe renovation, remodeling, and maintenance in rental housing built before 1978.  Property owners participating in the PMP receive liability relief from potential lead poisoning litigation. For more information on PMP, visit http://www.centerforhealthyhousing.org/html/north_carolina_law.html
• Additionally, remember that chipping or peeling paint is a housing code violation, regardless of lead content!
• Click here for more information about lead disclosure requirements.

Information on the NC Preventive Maintenance Program

Brochure: Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovaterightbrochure.pdf

Who to call to work on your pre-1978 home