24 CFR § 200.805 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s200.805"
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title: "24 CFR § 200.805 - Definitions."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "200.805"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "200"
part_name: "INTRODUCTION TO FHA PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1702-1715z-21; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24467, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
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# 200.805 Definitions.

*Applicable surface.* All intact and nonintact interior and exterior painted surfaces of a residential structure.

*Defective paint surface.* Paint on applicable surfaces that is cracking, scaling, chipping, peeling or loose.

*Lead-based paint surface.* A paint surface, whether or not defective, identified as having a lead content greater than or equal to 1 mg/cm
<sup>2</sup>.