Lead-Based Paint Disclosure (Sales & Leases) — Nevada Edition Template

Federal law — Section 1018 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 4852d, with implementing regulations at 24 C.F.R. Part 35 and 40 C.F.R. Part 745 — requires sellers and lessors of most housing built before 1978 to disclose known lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards before the buyer or tenant is obligated under the contract. Noncompliance carries real teeth: civil penalties, potential treble damages to injured purchasers, and joint enforcement by EPA and HUD. Agents have independent duties under the rule to ensure compliance.

This template package covers both the sales and lease versions of the disclosure. It includes the seller's/lessor's disclosure of known lead-based paint and hazards (or affirmation of no knowledge), the records and reports acknowledgment, the buyer's acknowledgment of receipt of the EPA "Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home" pamphlet, the buyer's 10-day risk assessment/inspection opportunity (which may be waived in writing in sales transactions), and the agent's acknowledgment of compliance duties — all with the certification-of-accuracy signature block the regulation requires each party to execute.

The 4-page package also includes a one-page compliance checklist for agents: which transactions are covered (pre-1978 "target housing"), the exemptions (0-bedroom dwellings, housing for the elderly, foreclosure sales, short-term leases of 100 days or less, and others), timing requirements, and the record-retention rule (keep executed disclosures for at least 3 years). Because this is a federal requirement the core language is uniform nationwide, but the included notes flag states that layer additional lead disclosure or inspection requirements on top of the federal floor.

About this Nevada Edition: Every template was redrafted around Nevada's real estate license law (NRS chapter 645), including the licensee duties owed to all parties and to clients (NRS 645.252 and 645.254), the written-consent rule for a licensee acting for more than one party (NRS 645.253), the compensation-through-the-broker rule (NRS 645.280), and the requirements that exclusive listing and buyer agreements be in writing with a definite termination date and no automatic renewal (NRS 645.320). Disclosure documents track the Seller's Real Property Disclosure regime (NRS 113.100–113.150), the common-interest community resale package and cancellation right (NRS 116.4109), and the facts Nevada deems not material (NRS 40.770), while contract forms rely on Nevada's statute of frauds for land contracts (NRS 111.210) and its Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (NRS chapter 719). The independent-contractor and team agreements reference Nevada's independent-contractor presumption (NRS 608.0155) and I.R.C. § 3508, and the commission forms note the commercial broker's lien provisions of NRS chapter 645 (NRS 645.8701 et seq.). These are supplemental drafting templates, not Nevada Real Estate Division forms, and must be reviewed by Nevada counsel.