---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 35.90"
title: "24"
number: "35.90"
heading: "Opportunity to conduct an evaluation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/35.90"
---

# §35.90. Opportunity to conduct an evaluation.

- (a) Before a purchaser is obligated under any contract to purchase target housing, the seller shall permit the purchaser a 10-day period (unless the parties mutually agree, in writing, upon a different period of time) to conduct a risk assessment or inspection for the presence of lead-based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards.
- (b) Notwithstanding [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a purchaser may waive the opportunity to conduct the risk assessment or inspection by so indicating in writing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 9082, Mar. 6, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 14382, Mar. 25, 1999]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 9082, Mar. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 50201, Sept. 15, 1999.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 4821, and 4851.

### Amendments

[61 FR 9082, Mar. 6, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 14382, Mar. 25, 1999]