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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this subchapter:
(1) [Repealed by Acts of 2019, Act 389, § 44, eff. July 24, 2019.]
(2) [Repealed by Acts of 2019, Act 389, § 44, eff. July 24, 2019.]
(3) [Repealed by Acts of 2019, Act 910, § 5029, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts of 2019, Act 389, § 44, eff. July 24, 2019.]
(4) “Dwelling” means a structure, all or part of which is designed or used for or in connection with human habitation, including garages, carports, sheds, fences, and gates;
(5) “Dwelling unit” means any room, group of rooms, or other interior area of a structure designed or used for human habitation;
(6) “Exposed surface” means all interior surfaces of a dwelling or dwelling unit and those exterior surfaces which are readily accessible to children under six (6) years of age, such as stairs, porches, railings, windows, doors, facings, sills, and siding;
(7) “Lead-bearing substance” means any paint, lacquer, glaze, or other applied surface coatings, putty, plaster, structural material, or similar substance which contains more than five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) lead metal by weight in the total nonvolatile contents of the substance, or any such substance containing an amount of lead metal not to exceed five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) as hereafter may be established by federal law or regulation;
(8) “Occupant” or “tenant” means any person living, sleeping, cooking, eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling or dwelling unit;
(9) “Owner” means any person who alone, jointly, or severally with others has legal title to, charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, as agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner; and
(10) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision, or combination thereof or any agent or representative of the foregoing.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-27-602. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-20-public-health-and-welfare/ar-code-sect-20-27-602/
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