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In recognition of the health problems caused by lead poisoning, The Federal Government created the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, commonly known as TITLE X (10), and enacted it in 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852d). In the Act, Congress directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to write regulations specifying how TITLE X's goal of lead hazard reduction should be accomplished (24 CFR Part 35 and 40 CFR Part 745).
The TITLE X regulations apply to rental property built prior to 1978.
The regulations specify that, among other things, before signing a lease or rental agreement, you must give every new tenant the EPA pamphlet, Protect Your family From Lead In Your Home. Both the landlord and the tenant must sign an EPA-approved form --- Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Hazards --- that will prove that the landlord told the tenant about any known lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards. Alternatively, the landlord may use similar forms approved by the State but is consistent with the EPA model.
The landlord must keep the executed disclosure form as part of their tenant records for at least three years from the date of the start of the tenancy.
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