Environmental
Connecticut requires disclosure of lead-based paint hazards for homes built before:
A1970
B1978✓ Correct
C1980
D1988
Explanation
Federal law (and Connecticut practice) requires disclosure of known lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards for residential properties built before 1978, when the federal government banned its residential use.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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