Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Landlords may have to clean meth labs A state senator has proposed a law that would require a thorough scrubbing of affected homes before they are rented to new tenants. By BOB GIBBINS“I learned there are no federal regulations or state regulations,” he said. “There’s nothing available to tell you that you did a good enough job [cleaning the property].”
Baker locked the property and eventually demolished it because he didn’t want to rent it to another person or family without a certification that it was suitable for habitation. Woodward agreed no “certification” is available to property owners. “That’s why it’s critical property owners keep all documentation showing that a company did test, remediate and re-test the property on completion,” he explained. Ballenger said the biggest negative comment to date is the cost of the cleanup and who foots the bill. He said the current version of the legislation puts the burden on the property owners, but they are permitted to recover damages in court from the person committing the crime. “I realize that landlords are at financial risk, but putting the lives and health of innocent unsuspecting renters at risk is not the answer, and that’s where we are now without this legislation or something similar,” Ballenger said. Baker agrees. “I think every responsible landlord in the country would do that [clean up a meth lab site on their property],” Baker said. “But we need a standard. I think we could accept it if there was something or someone who could say we did enough to make it safe.” 
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