Haddon Heights rental owners should check lead-paint filing rules

Haddon Heights rental owners with older units should keep lead-paint filings current. The borough says owners must file a lead-safe or lead-free certification with Borough Hall, along with the last tenant turnover date and a valid DCA-certified lead evaluation report.

The filing costs $45 total: $25 to the borough and $20 for the state program. The borough says owners may use any DCA-certified company, but if a report is not provided within 30 days, the borough can use its designated contractor and bill the landlord.

How the state timing works

New Jersey says covered rental dwellings are inspected every three years or at tenant turnover, whichever comes first, unless the owner already has a valid lead-safe certificate. Those certificates last two years.

Haddon Heights is listed as a visual-inspection municipality in the state methodology, so the local process follows that approach instead of dust-wipe sampling. For landlords, the practical takeaway is simple: keep the paperwork updated before turnover, not after.

Sources

• Borough of Haddon Heights — Lead Paint Inspections page
• New Jersey DCA — Lead-Based Paint Inspections in Rental Dwelling Units