Amador County, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Amador County does not publish a single 'property maintenance' code; instead, blighting conditions in the unincorporated area are reached through several specific chapters of the County Code. The clearest blight findings appear in Chapter 10.32 (Abandoned Vehicle Abatement), where the Board of Supervisors found that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperable vehicles or parts on private or public property creates a condition that tends to reduce property values, promote blight and deterioration, invite plundering, create fire hazards, and be injurious to public health, safety, and welfare. Those provisions may be administered and enforced by the Amador County Sheriff and the code enforcement division of the Community Development Agency. Overgrown flammable vegetation and combustible material (rubbish, litter) are separately deemed a public nuisance under Chapter 7.30 (Defensible Space and Hazardous Vegetation Abatement). Accumulated garbage and refuse are governed by the Title 7.24 Solid Waste Ordinance and by Environmental Health, which investigates and remediates illegal-disposal and solid-waste complaint sites. Because enforcement is largely complaint-driven, residents who see blight should contact the Community Development Agency / Code Enforcement or Environmental Health. These rules apply only in the unincorporated county; the incorporated cities (Jackson, Sutter Creek, Ione, Plymouth, Amador City) enforce their own municipal codes.