LD 1532
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LR 1233
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C.__The form must include the purchaser's acknowledgment as
required by federal law and an acknowledgment that the
purchaser has received the property disclosure statement
required by this section.__The form must include the following
statement:__"This acknowledgment does not constitute a waiver
of any rights."

 
D.__The form must include the certification of accuracy as
required by federal law.

 
2.__Landlords and lessors.__The department shall prepare a
standard real property disclosure statement form for landlords
and other lessors of real property to use to disclose to
potential tenants and lessees information concerning
environmental lead hazards, in or about the real property, to
comply with Title 14, section 6030-B.__The statement is in
addition to that required under 42 United States Code, Section
4852d and implementing regulations.

 
A.__The following warning must be included at the top of the
form.__The heading and the first and last paragraphs must be
printed in a font that is at least as large as 16-point type
in Times Roman font.

 
WARNING REGARDING LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS

 
ANY RESIDENCE BUILT BEFORE 1978 MAY CONTAIN LEAD SUFFICIENT
TO POISON CHILDREN AND SOMETIMES ADULTS.__LEAD POISONING
POSES A PARTICULAR RISK IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR MAY BECOME
PREGNANT.__LEAD POISONING IN YOUNG CHILDREN MAY PRODUCE
PERMANENT NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING LEARNING
DISABILITIES, A REDUCED INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ), IMPAIRED
MEMORY AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS ATTENTION DEFICIT
HYPERACTIVE DISORDER AND A PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE.

 
Every tenant or lessor of any interest in residential real
property on which a residential dwelling was built prior to
1978 is notified that such property may present exposure to
lead from lead-based paint that may place young children at
risk of developing lead poisoning.__The landlord or other
lessor of any interest in real property is required to
provide the tenant or lessee with any information on lead-
based paint hazards from risk assessments or inspections in
the landlord's or lessor's possession and notify the tenant
or lessee of any known lead-based paint hazards.

 
The owner of property is strictly liable for damages resulting
from the lead poisoning of children under the age


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