Tehama County, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Base code
- 1997 Uniform Code, Dangerous Buildings
- Board of Appeals
- Tehama County Board of Supervisors
- Initial correction window
- Up to 30 days
- Noncompliance
- Misdemeanor; county may demolish
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Tehama County only
Summary
Tehama County's Dangerous Building Code lets the building official order unsafe or structurally inadequate buildings in the unincorporated area repaired, vacated, or demolished, with the Board of Supervisors deciding contested cases as the Board of Appeals.
It is the purpose of this code to provide a just, equitable and practical method, to be cumulative with and in addition to any other remedy provided by the building code, housing code or otherwise available by law, whereby buildings or structures which from any cause endanger the life, limb, health, morals, property, safety or welfare of the general public or their occupants may be required to be repaired, vacated or demolished.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23).
Full Breakdown
Tehama County's Dangerous Building Code (Ch. 15.12) adopts the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings for the unincorporated county. When the building official finds a building structurally inadequate, a fire hazard, or otherwise dangerous, it issues a Preliminary Notice and Order requiring the owner to repair or demolish, with work started within 30 days. If uncorrected, the Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Board of Appeals, holds a nuisance hearing and can order the building repaired, razed, or removed within 30 days. Red Bluff, Corning, and the City of Tehama enforce their own building codes instead.
Violations & Fines
Failing to abate a building declared a nuisance within 30 days of posted notice is a misdemeanor; the county can then repair or raze the building itself and place a lien on the property for the cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who decides if a building is 'dangerous' in unincorporated Tehama County?
What happens if I ignore the county's order to fix a dangerous building?
Sources & Official References
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