Napa County, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Declared
- Public nuisance
- Applies to
- Owners, lessees, occupants
- Covers
- Health/offensive/obstructive conditions
- Code section
- NCC 1.20.022
Summary
In unincorporated Napa County it is a public nuisance for anyone owning, leasing, or occupying premises to maintain them so as to be injurious to health, offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property.
It is declared to be a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any premises in the county to maintain such premises in such manner so as to be injurious to the health, or to be indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48 | General Policies and Bylaws: ? | Fees and Archived Fees: ?).
Full Breakdown
Napa County Code section 1.20.022 declares it a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any premises in the county to maintain the premises in a manner that is injurious to health, indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. The nuisance-abatement chapter lets the county require correction and, if needed, abate the condition.
Violations & Fines
Maintaining substandard or blighted premises that meet the definition is a public nuisance under Napa County Code section 1.20.022, subject to abatement and cost recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Napa County make me clean up a blighted property?
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Sources & Official References
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