Lead paint testing labs in Virginia

Virginia lead rules in brief

• Who runs the program: The Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors (DPOR) licenses lead contractors and other lead professionals. (Code of Virginia § 54.1-500, § 54.1-503(C)) source
• Renovation and abatement rules: Virginia is not on EPA's list of states authorized to run their own RRP program, so EPA runs the RRP program there, and it has an EPA-authorized lead-based paint (abatement, inspection and risk assessment) program. (TSCA sections 402 and 404; 40 CFR Part 745) source
• State rule to know: Virginia's lead licensing law does not apply to owners doing lead-based paint work in residences they own, unless people other than the owner's immediate family live there during the work or a child with an elevated blood-lead level lives there. Lead projects (lead work that requires a licensed lead contractor, typically lead abatement) need written notification to DOLI at least 20 calendar days before starting. (Code of Virginia § 54.1-512(E)) source

Read on the official pages linked, November 15, 2026, and re-checked by a second reader. A summary, not legal advice: rules change, so confirm with the agency before work starts.

Older homes in Virginia and where the labs are

In Virginia, 1,603,367 of 3,684,756 housing units (44%) were built before 1980, rank 30 of 45 states and DC by that share (Census ACS 2020–2024, table B25034). Homes of that age are the ones most likely to contain lead-based paint (EPA: homes built before 1978). The counties with the most older homes, and how far each is from the nearest NLLAP-recognized lead lab:

Every county in the table has a listed site within 50 miles. Distance runs from the county’s centre (mean of its ZIP-code points) to the lab’s ZIP-code point, in a straight line. EPA’s NLLAP list prints a city but no ZIP code; a lab known only from that list is placed at its city’s most common ZIP code. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B25034 (Year structure built), county level, downloaded November 15, 2026.

How far the labs stretch in Virginia

Virginia has 7 listed lead lab sites for about 1,603,367 homes built before 1980: one site per 229,052 older homes, the 30th most stretched of 32 states with a listed site (the middle state has one per 717,498).

• 7 of the 7 sites are accredited for paint chips (paint chips scraped from walls, trim or windows).
• 5 of the 7 sites are accredited for dust wipes (dust wipes from floors and window sills, the test used after renovation).
• 4 of the 7 sites are accredited for soil (soil from play areas and the drip line around the house).

Counts from the accreditation list; homes from Census ACS 2020–2024 (B25034). A site count, not capacity: one lab can process many samples, and many accept samples by mail.

Labs here that print a homeowner price

• Schneider Laboratories Global, Inc.: $35.00 per kit · 5 business days · lab’s page

As printed on the lab’s website, read November 13, 2026. Confirm the price and the test with the lab.