Boone County, IN Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

Boone County Code § 155.07(X) states flatly that no owner or occupant shall apply lead-based paint to any surface in any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit. That sits alongside § 155.07(W), which requires every owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit to provide and maintain the unit free from health hazards due to toxic substances, with lead-based paint given as the code's own example, 'as determined by the Health Officer.' The chapter defines LEAD-BASED PAINT at § 155.06 as any paint containing more lead than the level the U.S.

Consumer Product Safety Commission has set as the safe level for residential paint and paint products, and defines the Health Officer as the Boone County Public Health Officer or an authorized representative. Enforcement runs through the same abatement mechanism used for other housing hazards: under § 155.07(Y), if the Health Officer reinspects and finds that abatement of a lead-paint or other toxic-substance hazard has not occurred and the condition still menaces public health and safety, the Health Officer or a designee may enter the premises and abate the offending condition directly.

Violations of Chapter 155, including the lead-paint application ban, are punished under the county's general penalty ordinance, § 10.99: up to $2,500 for a first violation and up to $7,500 for a second or later violation, with each day of a continuing violation counted separately. There is no separate Boone County lead-paint disclosure ordinance for real estate transfers beyond this housing chapter; the ban applies specifically to applying the paint, not to disclosure obligations tied to a sale.