In unincorporated Hidalgo County, blighted property is addressed under Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 343. The Commissioners Court runs an Unincorporated Area Nuisance Abatement Program targeting weedy lots, rubbish, junk, and drainage-blocking conditions on private land.
Hidalgo County has no municipal-style property-maintenance code; authority over rural blight comes from Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 343 (Abatement of Public Nuisances), which lets a county act on public-health nuisances in unincorporated areas. Section 343.011(c) lists nuisances including accumulating rubbish (newspapers, abandoned vehicles, appliances, furniture, tires, cans) for 10 or more days unless enclosed, and premises that create unsanitary conditions likely to harbor mosquitoes, rodents, or vermin. The county's Unincorporated Area Nuisance Abatement Program, approved by Commissioners Court, verifies complaints and works with owners of weedy lots, illegal dumps, and brush blocking drainage ditches. If an owner does not act, the county may abate, bill the owner, and lien the property under Section 343.022.
Under Section 343.022 the county gives written notice and a deadline (31 days first notice, 10th business day for repeats) with a hearing right. Failure to abate allows county abatement, cost assessment, and a property lien.
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Pharr, TX
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