Rental Inspections in Norfolk, VA (2026)
1 verified rental inspections rules for Norfolk, Virginia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Inspection Programs
Norfolk's Chapter 36.1 lets city council designate residential rental inspection districts where the codes compliance office can inspect rental units yearly for safe, decent, sanitary conditions, with a four-year exemption for units that pass clean.
Norfolk Residential Rental Inspection Districts
Some RestrictionsNorfolk Code of Ordinances § 36.1-8
Except as provided in section 36.1-7, following the initial inspection of a residential rental dwelling unit subject to this chapter, the codes compliance office may inspect any residential rental dwelling unit in a rental inspection district that is not otherwise exempted no more than once each calendar year. The term "periodic inspection" shall not be deemed to include a follow-up inspection ...