Property Maintenance in Hanover County, VA (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Hanover County, Virginia.
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Property Blight
Hanover County Code Section 6-51 requires owners to remove, repair or secure any building or structure that might endanger public health or safety within 60 days of notice from the building official that it has been found unsafe. If the owner fails to act, Section 6-52 lets the building official do the work and bill the owner.
Hanover County Unsafe Building Abatement
Significant RestrictionsHanover County Code §§ 6-51, 6-52(a)
The owners of property shall remove, repair or secure any building or other structure which might endanger the public health or safety of other residents of the county, within sixty (60) days of being provided notice that the building official has determined such building or other structure to be unsafe; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to a "farm building or structure" ...
Vacant Lot Maintenance
In Hanover County outside the Town of Ashland, letting garbage, trash, rubbish or other refuse sit outdoors in an offensive, unsanitary or nuisance-creating manner is a class 1 misdemeanor under Section 18-3, applying to recorded subdivision lots, parcels of one acre or less, and any commercial or multi-family parcel.
Hanover County Vacant Lot Debris Rules
Some RestrictionsHanover County Code § 18-3
(a)Within any recorded subdivision or on any lot or parcel of land containing one (1) acre or less or on any lot or parcel with commercial use or lot or parcel for multi-family dwellings, it shall be unlawful for any person to place or allow to remain out of doors any garbage, trash, rubbish or other refuse on such premises in an offensive or unsanitary manner or in a manner such as to constitu...
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