Linn County, IA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2024 International Property Maintenance Code
- Covers
- All structures, unincorporated county
- Weeds
- Handled outside this code
- Cities
- Excluded unless 28E agreement
Summary
Unincorporated Linn County adopted the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, requiring structures and premises to stay safe, sanitary, and fit for occupancy, with county enforcement able to order repairs or abatement.
Except as hereinafter modified, that certain code known as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 edition, First Printing, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., which code is hereby specifically incorporated by reference, shall be known as the "county property maintenance code." The provisions of said property maintenance code shall be controlling in regulating the conditions and maintenance of all structures and premises, and in ensuring that structures are safe, sanitary, and fit for occupation and use within the unincorporated limits of the county.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 16).
Full Breakdown
The county adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 edition, as the "county property maintenance code," controlling the condition of all structures and premises in unincorporated Linn County and requiring they remain safe, sanitary, and fit for occupation (§ 105-86). A local amendment deletes the code's weeds provision at Section 302.4, leaving weed nuisances to separate county ordinances (§ 105-87(6)). The code does not reach inside any incorporated city unless that city separately adopts it by a recorded 28E agreement with the county (§ 105-88), so Cedar Rapids and Marion enforce their own property maintenance rules.
Violations & Fines
Violations are enforced under Code of Ordinances Chapter 1, Article II, using the property maintenance fee schedule the board of supervisors sets by resolution (§ 105-87(2), (4)).
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