Health Department
The annual notice: window guards and lead paint
Every January, rental buildings send each apartment a notice that asks about young children, for window guards and lead paint safety.
The clock
When it comes due
- Deliver January 1 to 15
- Returns due February 15
- Inspect apartments that didn’t return it, February 16 to March 1
- Who it applies to
- Buildings with residential rental units
- When
- Delivered January 1 to January 15 (January 16 if enclosed with a rent bill sent after December 15); tenants return it by February 15; if it isn’t returned, the owner tries to inspect from February 16 to March 1 and tells the Health Department in writing if they can’t get in
- Who does it
- The owner sends it and keeps proof of delivery and the returned forms for at least two years
- What happens next
- Window guards where a child 10 or younger lives or spends 10+ hours a week; safe work practices on peeling paint where a child 5 or younger lives
What Stoop does
- The notice drafted for each apartment, for your OK
- Returns tracked through February 15, and the apartments to inspect from February 16
- Proof of delivery kept for at least two years
More guides like this
Find out before the fine.
Look up any New York City address. Free, no account.