Public Health Rules in Madera County, CA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Madera County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Madera County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Rodent Control
Unincorporated Madera County law declares any premises infested with rodents a public nuisance outright, no permit or notice needed to trigger it. Madera County Code § 7.28.020, on the books since 1934, gives the county agricultural commissioner authority to inspect infested property and abate the infestation by eradicating, controlling, or destroying the rodents at the county's expense.
Madera County Rodent Infestation Nuisance Rule
Some RestrictionsMadera County Code §§ 7.28.020, 7.28.030
Any and all premises in the county infected or infested with rodents are hereby expressly declared to be a public nuisance. ... Whenever any such nuisance shall exist at any place within the county, it shall be the duty of the county agricultural commissioner to cause said nuisance to be at once abated by eradicating, or by controlling, or by destroying the rodents, and the reasonable expense i...
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