In 2016, a comprehensive bedbug statute was enacted. It involves comprehensive and complicated “DISCLOSURE” requirements “and protocols wherein Tenants and licensed pest control operators are required to not only cooperate with the “investigation,” but exchange and deliver pest control reports wherein it is determined that either in an Apartment Unit or common area there is “evidence” of infestation of bedbugs. 

There are two essential and important Disclosure dates: July l, 2017: Owners shall provide to all “NEW TENANTS” a written document in 10-point font containing “educational information about bedbugs; a simple procedure to report suspected infestation to the owner; and a protocol or statement that the tenant shall not only cooperate with the inspection, but will facilitate the detection and treatment.” Again, this is a “no fault” Statute. 

Effective January 1, 2018, an Owner must give a prescribed “educational” Notification to all Existing Tenants

Read More: Bedbug Update for posting 3.1.17.pdf