Sumner County abates overgrown, weedy, or debris-filled lots in unincorporated areas under Tenn. Code Ann. §5-1-115, but only when conditions threaten health or safety. Enforcement targets vacant and nuisance parcels; cities and HOAs handle routine lawn upkeep.
Tenn. Code Ann. §5-1-115 lets Sumner County order an owner to clear trees, vines, grass, underbrush, or accumulated debris that endangers public health, safety, or welfare or invites rats and vermin. The owner receives a mailed notice and ten days to act; if the condition remains, the county removes it and bills the owner, recording the cost as a lien collected like property taxes. This authority is permissive and mainly reaches vacant lots and clear nuisance properties. Inside Gallatin, Hendersonville, Portland, and White House, city code enforcement handles weeds under Tenn. Code Ann. §6-54-113.
Mailed notice, then a 10-day cure period. Uncured conditions are removed by the county at the owner's expense, assessed as a lien collected with property taxes.
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