Prince George's County, MD Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

Sec. 13-120 of the Prince George's County Code amends Section 304, Interior Structure, of the adopted International Property Maintenance Code. 3, Interior surfaces, requires every interior surface of a residential structure, including windows and doors, to be kept in good, clean, and sanitary condition; peeling, chipping, flaking, or abraded paint has to be repaired, removed, or covered, and cracked or loose plaster and decayed wood must be corrected. The same subsection then adds a flat local prohibition: no lead-based paint may be applied. The rule sits inside Division 1, the Housing Code, which Sec.

13-107(b) confirms applies to existing residential structures, premises, and the responsibilities of owners and operators for safe and sanitary maintenance. The Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE), through the Code Official, administers and enforces the standard under Sec. 13-102, and the County separately treats reducing lead-based paint hazards as a housing-policy priority in its federally funded Community Development planning. Because the requirement targets ongoing maintenance rather than a one-time abatement grant, an owner who repaints a deteriorating surface must use paint free of lead, and any peeling paint found during a DPIE inspection is itself a maintenance violation independent of the lead-content rule. The obligation runs to the owner or operator of the dwelling, not the occupant, consistent with the transfer-of-responsibility language in Sec. 13-112(c).