El Paso property owners must keep buildings free of rodents, roaches, and bed bugs under Chapter 13 health and sanitation rules. Commercial pesticide applicators must hold licenses from the Texas Department of Agriculture under the Texas Structural Pest Control Act.
Chapter 13 of the El Paso Municipal Code requires that owners maintain residential and commercial properties in a sanitary condition free from harborage of rats, roaches, and other vectors. The Department of Public Health and Code Compliance investigate complaints, particularly in older central neighborhoods and along arroyos where rodent pressure is higher. Commercial structural pest control work is regulated by the Texas Department of Agriculture under Tex. Occupations Code Chapter 1951 (Texas Structural Pest Control Act). Apartment owners must coordinate with tenants on bed-bug treatment and provide notice consistent with Texas Property Code habitability duties.
Chapter 13 citation, Code Compliance abatement orders, and Texas Department of Agriculture penalties for unlicensed structural pest control under Tex. Occ. Code Ch. 1951.
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