Property Maintenance in Imperial County, CA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Imperial County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Imperial County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Property Blight

Imperial County has adopted the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, letting the Building Official declare unsafe or substandard structures a nuisance and order repair, vacation, or demolition across the unincorporated county.

Imperial County Dangerous Building Abatement

Significant Restrictions

Imperial County Code, Title 9, Div. 10, § 91008.00 (Adoption of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings)

The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 Edition, which has been adopted by the International Conference of Building Officials is hereby incorporated by reference and adopted as part of the Building Regulations of the County of Imperial, except as provided by Section 91008.01.

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Vacant Lot Maintenance

Imperial County bans letting trash, garbage, or refuse accumulate on private property, including vacant lots, if it could support disease-carrying vermin, punishable as a misdemeanor or infraction.

Imperial County Property Waste Accumulation Ban

Some Restrictions

Imperial County Code § 90501.20

Every person who causes or permits to be accumulated on private property any trash, rubbish, garbage, swill, cans, bottles, paper, ashes, refuse, which may support any verminous vectors of public health is guilty of a misdemeanor and/or infraction.

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