Guilford County sets no maximum grass or weed height for private property in unincorporated areas. NC counties are not required to regulate lawn height, and Guilford has not adopted one, so this is handled by your city. Greensboro and High Point enforce overgrowth limits inside their limits.
Guilford County's nuisance authority runs through its Solid Waste Ordinance (Ch. 15.5), which addresses dumping, junk, scrap tires and open burning but says nothing about overgrown grass, weeds or excessive vegetation. Overgrown-lot regulation in North Carolina is a municipal power exercised under city nuisance codes; the unincorporated county has no adopted grass-height limit. If your address is inside Greensboro, expect roughly a 12-inch limit; inside High Point, its property-maintenance code applies. In truly unincorporated Guilford County, no county officer will cite tall grass unless it conceals dumped solid waste, which is separately a nuisance.
No county penalty for tall grass in unincorporated areas. Inside a city, its nuisance code sets abatement and fines (Greensboro/High Point).
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