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Baltimore, Maryland is subject to both Maryland State and Federal lead disclosure rules. The Federal Real Estate Notification Rule ( also known as " the Lead Disclosure Rule" or "the Disclosure Rule") is a right-to-know law that requires notification and disclosure of certain lead-based paint information. The Rule took effect on September 6, 1996 (for sellers and lessors of five or more residential dwelling units), and on December 6, 1996 ( for sellers or lessors of one to four residential dwelling units). One "residential dwelling unit" would be one apartment in a multi-unit apartment building. A single rowhouse, or townhouse, is considered to be one residential dwelling unit. A rowhouse divided into two apartments is considered to be two units.
Exceptions to the Lead Disclosure Rule can occur when the residential unit being leased or purchased is a zero bedroom dwelling; if it is housing for the elderly (and no children under the age of 6 reside there); or if the unit has been certified as "lead-based paint free" by a certified lead-based paint inspector or risk assessor, then the Lead Disclosure Rule does not apply.
The Lead Disclosure Rule was enacted to inform tenants and purchasers of pre-1978 built residential properties about the dangers of lead-based paint and to require disclosure of any actual (documented) knowledge of lead-based paint. The Rule also requires that such notification and disclosure to a tenant or purchaser be provided and documented before the tenant or purchaser becomes obligated under a lease or sale agreement, to lease or purchase a pre-1978 residential rental property.
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