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Lead law in MA, legal definition of "lives"
What's the liability landscape look like when, for example, grandparents have their grandchildren under 6 visit and sleep over in a non-deleaded apartment? Or what about cases where a tenant doesn't tell the landlord they have children under 6 staying for extended periods, or even living there? The laws seem to require you to delead if children under 6 live there, but is there a legal definition of what "live" means?
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@Charlie MacPherson: I was responding to @J.R. Coffin's earlier post. I was stating that simply having a tenant sign an agreement/ waiver regarding the presence of lead would not suffice in Massachusetts.
I'm in agreement with your position.