TITLE 24 - HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

SUBTITLE A - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

PART 35 - LEAD - BASED PAINT POISONING PREVENTION IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES

subpart a - DISCLOSURE OF KNOWN LEAD - BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD - BASED PAINT HAZARDS UPON SALE OR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

35.90 - Opportunity to conduct an evaluation.

  (a) Before a purchaser is obligated under any contract to purchase target housing, the seller shall permit the purchaser a 10-day period (unless the parties mutually agree, in writing, upon a different period of time) to conduct a risk assessment or inspection for the presence of lead-based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards.

  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, a purchaser may waive the opportunity to conduct the risk assessment or inspection by so indicating in writing. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2070 0151) [61 FR 9082, Mar. 6, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 14382, Mar. 25, 1999]