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Rental Inspections in San Antonio, TX (2026)

2 verified rental inspections rules for San Antonio, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Inspection Programs

San Antonio enrolls apartment complexes of five or more units in a mandatory Apartment Inspection Program once an owner racks up three program points in six months. Enrolled owners must register, pay a fee, and submit to monthly inspections of common areas and a sample of units.

San Antonio Apartment Inspection Program

Significant Restrictions

San Antonio Code of Ordinances Secs. 6-66, 6-68

(a)Purpose: The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to establish a program for addressing multifamily apartment complexes, with five (5) or more units; and for addressing the property owners who are not maintaining their property to minimum Code standards, and who have allowed their property to develop health, life, welfare and safety problems.(b)Applicability: The provisions of this ordina...

Tenant Complaint Process

Any person, including a tenant, can trigger a San Antonio dangerous-building inspection by filing a complaint that a hotel, apartment or other building may be substandard or unsafe. The director of code compliance can inspect on a filed complaint, on referral from another city department, or on the director's own good-faith belief of a violation.

San Antonio Dangerous Building Complaint Inspections

Some Restrictions

San Antonio Code of Ordinances Sec. 6-161

Sec. 6-161. - Inspection of buildings, schools, churches, etc. The director of code compliance or development services may inspect or cause to be inspected periodically, all public buildings, schools, halls, churches, theaters, hotels, tenements, commercial buildings, manufacturing buildings, or loft buildings, flea markets, and tents for the purpose of determining whether any conditions exist ...

Looking for Bexar County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement San Antonio city rules.

Rental Inspections in Bexar County