California is an EPA-administered state, which means lead-safe firm certification for California contractors is issued directly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Any California firm paid to disturb paint in pre-1978 housing or child-occupied facilities must hold this certification before advertising for or performing the work.
Because California does not run its own program, we file your application through the EPA’s CDX system as your authorized agent. The all-in cost in California is $429: our $129 service fee plus the EPA’s $300 filing fee, and the certificate is valid for five years.
We file for California contractors statewide, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento.
We also file in all EPA-administered states. Read the full guide →
California is EPA-administered, which means lead-safe firm certification for California contractors is issued directly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through its CDX system. There is no separate California state program to join, we file the federal application for you as your authorized agent.
$429 all in for California firms: a $129 service fee plus the $300 EPA filing fee, itemized at checkout and never marked up. The certificate is valid for five years.
Any firm paid to disturb more than six square feet of interior paint, or more than twenty square feet of exterior paint, in California housing or child-occupied facilities built before 1978, including crews working from Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and Sacramento. That covers general contractors, painters, plumbers, electricians, HVAC and window companies, and property managers.
Most California certificates are issued in ~1–2 weeks after we file. We track your California application to issuance and email your certificate plus your Lead-Safe Certified Firm logo.
$429 all in · valid 5 years · no SSN required.
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