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Free Pennsylvania Lead-Based
Paint Disclosure Template

The disclosure is signed by the same parties as the lease it attaches to.

Last reviewed August 2026

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Pennsylvania Lead-Based Paint Disclosure

This Lead-Based Paint Disclosure is built with Pennsylvania as the governing state. These are the Pennsylvania landlord-tenant rules that most often bear on it, with the statute for each.

Pennsylvania rules at a glance

Pennsylvania rules for a Lead-Based Paint Disclosure
Lead paintFederal Title X applies to pre-1978 housing. Pennsylvania adds no state-level equivalent outside Philadelphia.
Philadelphia lead certificationPre-March-1978 properties need an affirmative Lead-Free or Lead-Safe Certification as a condition of licence issuance — Lead-Safe valid four years.
Landlord entryNo statutory minimum — the lease controls

Landlord entry & access

Pennsylvania has no statute setting a minimum notice period for landlord entry. There is no equivalent of a “24-hour rule” in the Landlord and Tenant Act, so access is governed by the lease and a general standard of reasonable notice, at a reasonable time, for a reasonable purpose. Emergencies require no notice.

The practical consequence cuts both ways: a Pennsylvania lease that promises 24 hours’ notice creates a binding contractual obligation even though no statute required it. A lease that says nothing leaves the tenant relying on common-law reasonableness.

Required disclosures

Pennsylvania requires far fewer lease disclosures than states like California or New Jersey — and importantly, its Real Estate Seller Disclosure Law applies to sales, not leases.

  • Escrow institution — Where the deposit exceeds $100, written notice of the bank holding it (§ 250.511a).
  • Carbon monoxide alarms — Required where the unit has an attached garage, a fossil-fuel-burning appliance, or a fireplace — not universally (Act 121 of 2013).
  • Lead paint — Federal Title X applies to pre-1978 housing. Pennsylvania adds no state-level equivalent outside Philadelphia.
  • No radon, mould or bedbug rule — Pennsylvania has no statewide residential-lease disclosure statute for any of these. Do not assume a sale-disclosure form transfers to a lease.

Philadelphia & Pittsburgh

Philadelphia adds obligations that materially change what a compliant tenancy looks like, and non-compliance can bar the landlord from collecting rent or recovering possession.

  • Philadelphia rental licence — A Rental License is required to rent any dwelling unit legally. Renting without one can bar rent collection and possession recovery.
  • Philadelphia lead certification — Pre-March-1978 properties need an affirmative Lead-Free or Lead-Safe Certification as a condition of licence issuance — Lead-Safe valid four years.
  • Certificate of Rental Suitability — Required at the start of every tenancy, issued no more than 60 days before, together with the Partners in Good Housing handbook.
  • Philadelphia source of income — The city’s Fair Practices Ordinance protects source of income, which state law does not.
  • Pittsburgh is unsettled — Pittsburgh’s rental-registration and source-of-income ordinances were held to exceed the city’s Home Rule authority and are not currently enforceable, though the city has signalled intent to re-legislate.

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