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Lead-based paint

Paint containing lead that can create serious health hazards, especially for children, when it deteriorates or creates contaminated dust.

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What does Lead-based paint mean?

Paint containing lead that can create serious health hazards, especially for children, when it deteriorates or creates contaminated dust.

Exam cue: Federal disclosure rules apply to most housing built before 1978, subject to exemptions. The rule requires information and opportunity, not a promise that no lead exists.

What does it look like in a question?

New York example

Before signing a covered lease, a tenant receives the required lead warning and available records.

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What should you not confuse it with?

Lead disclosure is not the same as a mandatory seller-funded removal of every lead hazard.

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