---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 745.110"
title: "40"
number: "745.110"
heading: "Opportunity to conduct an evaluation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/745.110"
---

# §745.110. 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) Not withstanding [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

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605, 2607, 2681-2692 and 42 U.S.C. 4852d.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 9085, Mar. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.