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Provo, UT Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Governing section
Provo City Code 7.03.040
Enacted
1987-22
Covers
Insect and rodent infestation of occupied structures
Cross-referenced as nuisance
7.01.020(11)-(12), 7.01.060(1)(c)(vii)
Chapter
7.03, Miscellaneous Sanitary Provisions

Summary

Provo makes it unlawful for anyone who owns, controls, or operates a structure used for human occupation to allow it to be occupied while infested with insects or rodents, backed by the City's separate junk and nuisance abatement powers.

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling or operating any structure used for human occupation, to cause or permit the same to be so used while infested with insects or rodents.

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Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-17, passed June 9, 2026).

Full Breakdown

060 bars letting human or animal feces or urine accumulate in an unhealthy condition on the property. 060's chronic nuisance definition, which lists "causing or permitting human occupation of any structure infested with insects or rodents" as qualifying nuisance activity that can trigger the City's repeated-complaint chronic-nuisance process. 02, which allow the City to issue a written notice ordering correction, pursue civil abatement or injunction, and prosecute a criminal misdemeanor for maintaining the condition after notice. Where the infested structure is a rental, the condition can also trigger inspection or license consequences under the general rental-dwelling minimum health and safety standards.

Violations & Fines

Permitting a structure used for human occupation to remain infested with insects or rodents violates 7.03.040 and separately qualifies as a public nuisance under 7.01.020, exposing the owner to abatement notice, civil remedies, and criminal misdemeanor prosecution under Chapter 7.01.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it illegal to occupy a rodent-infested building in Provo?
Yes. Section 7.03.040 makes it unlawful for anyone owning, controlling, or operating a structure used for human occupation to permit that structure to be occupied while infested with insects or rodents.
Can a rodent infestation trigger Provo's chronic nuisance process?
Yes. Section 7.01.060(1)(c)(vii) lists causing or permitting human occupation of a rodent- or insect-infested structure as qualifying nuisance activity under the City's chronic nuisance designation.
Who enforces Provo's rodent infestation rule?
The rule itself sets no dedicated agency, so enforcement runs through the City's general nuisance abatement process in Chapter 7.01, which lets Code Enforcement or police issue an abatement notice and pursue civil or criminal remedies.

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