BALTIMORE,MARYLAND BEGINNER LANDLORD LEAD PAINT COMPLIANCE TIPS : Charles Jerome Ware, LLC, A National Law Firm

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The nationally-respected and premier law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, LLC is Maryland-based, and
it is recognized by its many satisfied landlord clients as well as its legal peers as one of the top lead paint and lead poisoning defense law firms in the United States. For an initial courtesy consultation, contact premier trial attorney Charles Ware and his colleagues at (410) 720-6129. We can help you.


     Some Baltimore, Maryland Beginner Landlord Lead Paint Compliance Tips :


1. KNOW the age of the rental property before you purchase it. It is guesstimated by some that more than 75% of all houses and apartments built before 1978 in the Baltimore area either contains or has originally contained lead paint. Do your due diligence and find out before you purchase the property.


2.  KNOW that lead (Pb) is virtually everywhere in some residential neighborhoods in the city, including: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil, dust, job sites, industrial sites and commercial buildings, government buildings, and numerous consumer products, etc.


3.   THERE ARE NUMEROUS  Baltimore City, Maryland State, and Federal lead paint rules, protocols, warnings, notices , regulations and laws that every residential rental property landlord should KNOW. You may not learn them all, but you should familiarize yourself with the major ones.


4.  USE ONLY  Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)-certified or accredited companies, supervisors, and/or workers when doing any lead abatement or removal, home improvement, or other construction work on any pre-1978 built residential rental property.


5.  KNOW that "uninterrupted" lead paint is generally considered not harmful to the body.  IT IS "interrupted" (i.e., chipped, flaked, cracked, leaded dust and lead paint dust, etc.) that is ingested and/or inhaled that can be harmful to the body; particularly in children up to age 6 years.


6. REMEMBER TO (1) provide good MAINTENANCE on your residential rental property;  (2) provide adequate and documented NOTICE to all tenants of the rental property; and (3) keep good and proper DOCUMENTATION/RECORD-KEEPING on the rental property as well as the tenants.


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