Black Hawk County, IA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

040(A) puts the abatement duty squarely on the property owner: once the Health Officer determines cockroaches, rodents, or other vermin are present on or about a building, dwelling, structure, business, or lot, the owner must initiate action to abate them, or cause them to be abated, within whatever time limit the Health Officer sets, so that the infestation is effectively minimized. 030: subsection (A), which reaches storing or depositing filth, refuse, or garbage so as to be conducive to breeding rats or other vermin, and subsection (M), which separately makes it a nuisance to establish, continue, maintain, or operate any building or place conducive to breeding, harboring, feeding, or sheltering vermin or pests such as flies, mice, cockroaches, rats, and pigeons.

040(B) lets the Health Officer designate the building unfit for human habitation, requiring the owner to vacate it within the Health Officer's time limit; removing or defacing that unfit placard is itself prohibited. 060. 080. 110.