Property Maintenance in Nassau County, FL (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

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

Property Blight

Under the county's Unsafe Building Abatement Code, a property maintained with a dilapidated, unsafe or dangerous structure is a declared public nuisance in unincorporated Nassau County. The building official issues the nuisance finding, and cases go to the code enforcement special magistrate for abatement by rehabilitation, demolition or repair, with administrative costs and fines assessed.

Unsafe Building Nuisance Abatement, Nassau County

Significant Restrictions

Nassau County Code §§ 7-94, 7-95

Sec. 7-94. - Declaration of public nuisance by the building official. Any property found by the building official to be maintained in violation of section 7-93 of this article, is declared to be a public nuisance and shall be abated by rehabilitation, demolition, or repair pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 7-95 hereinbelow. ... Sec. ... 7-95. - Enforcement hearings; administrative...

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Vacant Lot Maintenance

In unincorporated Nassau County, an accumulation of dead or dying grass, plants, shrubs, trees, limbs or branches on any property is listed as a prohibited condition affecting public health, right alongside standing water, uncontained garbage and unburied animal carcasses. The same section also targets litter buildup and vermin-breeding conditions, and any of it can trigger code enforcement whether the lot is occupied or vacant.

Nassau County Overgrowth and Vacant-Lot Nuisance Rule

Some Restrictions

Nassau County Code § 18¼-5(7)

The following acts, omissions, conditions, or things that are declared prohibited conditions affecting public health and are therefore prohibited and subject to enforcement under this chapter: ... (7)Accumulation of dead or dying grass, plants, shrubs, trees, tree limbs or branches or similar vegetation.

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