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City lead-safe certificate programs
Short answer: These cities require their own lead certificate or lead testing for older rentals, often tied to the rental license or registration. State rules and the federal disclosure rule still apply on top.
- Cleveland, OhioPre-1978: certificate every 2 years from a risk assessment; register by March 1
- Detroit, MichiganRegistration and a Certificate of Compliance with a lead check; 3, then 5 years
- New York City, New YorkPre-1960: annual notice, child-under-6 checks, turnover work, one-time XRF test
- Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPre-1978: lead-safe (4 years) or lead-free certificate, tied to the rental license
- Rochester, New YorkPre-1980: lead check at each C of O; every 3 years in the High-Risk Area
- Toledo, OhioPre-1978, 1–4 units: 5-year certificate, deadlines by census tract
- Washington, D.C.Pre-1978: DC disclosure form at every lease; clearance when a child under 6 or pregnant person lives there
State programs
- DelawarePre-1978: certificate before new leases, renewed every 4 years; starts by March 2028
- MarylandPre-1978: register every 2 years by Dec 31, inspect before each new tenant
- MassachusettsPre-1978: tenant form at every lease; delead when a child under 6 lives there
- New HampshireNo routine certificate; needed for units converted to rentals since July 2024
- New JerseyPre-1978: inspection at tenant turnover and every 3 years, run by each town
- New YorkPre-1980, 2+ units in 25 cities: register, certificate every 3 years
- Rhode IslandPre-1978: lead certificate every 2 years; every rental registers by Oct 1
- VermontPre-1978: yearly inspection and cleaning, compliance statement every 365 days
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