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Public Health Rules in Cary, NC (2026)

1 verified public health rules for Cary, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Rodent Control

Cary's housing code makes occupants responsible for exterminating insects, rodents and pests in their unit, but shifts that duty to the owner when infestation stems from a rodentproofing failure or spreads across shared areas.

Cary Rodent Infestation Control Duty

Some Restrictions

Cary Code of Ordinances § 8-124(d)

(d) Infestation. (1) Every occupant of housing consisting of a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises... (3) If infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain housing in a rodentproof or reasonably insectproof condition, or if infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any housi...

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