Lansing, MI Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)
Key Facts
- Duty
- City must publish violations checklist
- Scope
- Premises offered for occupancy
- Companion duty
- Inspection records logged, § 1460.48(b)
- Office
- Office of Code Compliance
Summary
Lansing's Office of Code Compliance must publish a public checklist of the violations found most often during Housing and Property Maintenance Code inspections in this Ingham County capital city.
(c)Checklists. The Office of Code Compliance shall make available to the general public a checklist of commonly recurring violations found in examining premises offered for occupancy.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 64).
Full Breakdown
Section 1460.48(c) of the Lansing Codified Ordinances directs the Office of Code Compliance to make available to the general public a checklist of commonly recurring violations found when examining premises offered for occupancy. The section sits alongside the office's broader inspection-records duty at § 1460.48(b), which requires every rental inspection to be logged in the housing violation letters database. Together they give owners, tenants, and code officers in the City of Lansing, Michigan, seated mainly in Ingham County, a documented, public reference for what inspectors flag most.
Violations & Fines
This section creates a public-disclosure duty, not a penalty; violations found on the checklist are enforced through the ordinary Certificate of Compliance and civil-infraction process under Chapter 1460.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this checklist legally binding?
Sources & Official References
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