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Lead base paint disclosures - use them or pay huge penalties!

By Karen Monsour

Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Fort Lauderdale Beach

March 03, 2011 04:28 PM

Lead base paint disclosures - use them or pay huge penalties!

Coldwell Banker agents are now required to use new lead base paint disclosures, WHY?

HUGE FINES! Apparently there have been audits and huge fines charged to agents who did not use the lead base paint disclosures when they wrote offers or posted listings.

The fines are in the range of $25,000.00 per line. Signatures, dates, etc. are part of this investigation.

The important issue here is to utilize the addendum's that are necessary.

Any home or condo built prior to 1978 is required to have a Lead Base Paint disclosure, a Lead Based Paint pamphlet, and a document signed by the seller and the seller's agent included on the offer. SELLER must sign first.

This is a FEDERAL LAW, PUNISHMENT BY FINES.

Please make sure if you are listing with an agent and your home or condo was built prior to 1978 that this document has been reviewed by you the seller and signed, and that your listing agent has signed it as well.

Are all of you in the rest of the 50 states aware of this as well?

Karen Monsour, 954-464-4194 cell

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL

www.KarenSellsFloridaWaterfront.com

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Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty

Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL

Florida Space Coast Homes

why would any agent not fill out this easy form...hand out the booklet...get it signed...and move on. Just silly.

Mar 03, 2011 04:30 PM

Roger Radcliff

FREEDOM REALTY - Barksdale AFB, LA

AFB Specialist - Barksdale

Last check only 50 states. and yes all states have to use LBP disclosures

Mar 03, 2011 04:32 PM

Michael Jacobs

Pasadena, CA

Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Karen --- the entire state of California requires a two page disclosure completed and signed by the seller with additional signatures from the buyer, listing agent and seller agent and acknowledgment of receipt by the buyer for homes built before 1978.

Mar 03, 2011 04:36 PM

Troy Hageman

RE/MAX Momentum - Brighton, CO

In Colorado they have taken it one step further and not only due you have to fill out the form but contractors have to be licensed by the state to remove or work with houses with lead based paint. They have made it just like asbestos, you have to dispose of it as hazardous materials at a huge cost. Investors are shying away from pre 78 homes. Call your congress man before this happens in Florida.

Mar 03, 2011 04:37 PM

Karen Monsour

Coldwell Banker Fort Lauderdale Beach - Fort Lauderdale, FL

REALTOR, SSRS - Sells FL Waterfront, Short Sale Expert!

Jeff,

Apparently an office was fined in the Carolinas.

Roger - IT WAS A TYPO...

Michael, CB must have had an issue in one of the Carolina's. We now have new documents from legal that have to be included in all of our listings...might not have been mandated to you yet.

Troy, We have lawyers who are looking over everything, but I will pass your suggestion along, Thanks.

Mar 03, 2011 04:57 PM

Cheryl Malone

Windermere Van Vleet - Medford, OR

Yes we do that here in Oregon. Got to get those disclosure statements signed, not sure why some agents don't do it.

Mar 03, 2011 04:58 PM

Cheryl,

I'm not sure either, maybe they are just not educated or supervised enough.

There sure is a huge fine if they do not.

Mar 03, 2011 05:04 PM

Lead base paint disclosures - use them or pay huge penalties!

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