Public Health Rules in Mobile, AL (2026)
1 verified public health rules for Mobile, Alabama, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Rodent Control
Mobile requires every business building, from restaurants to warehouses, to be rat stopped and kept ratfree under City Code Chapter 43, Article II. The county health officer inspects buildings, orders written rat-stop notices with at least 15 days to comply, and can order concrete basement floors when infestation persists. Owners and occupants who miss the deadlines face prosecution.
Mobile Business Buildings Must Be Rat Stopped
Some RestrictionsMobile City Code §§ 43-21, 43-25, 43-26 (Ch. 43, Art. II)
Rat stoppage shall mean the closing of all openings in exterior walls, foundations, basements, floors, roofs and the covering of all exterior surfaces thereof, when not composed of materials impervious to rat gnawing, whenever such openings or surface may be reached by rats on the ground or by climbing or by burrowing. ... All business buildings within the city shall be rat stopped, freed of ra...
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