Glendale, AZ Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 29.1-31
- Interior inspection notice
- 72 hours (unless imminent hazard)
- Exterior inspection notice
- None required
- Who can trigger exterior inspection
- Tenant, neighbor, HOA, city official
- Enforcement court
- Glendale Municipal Court
- Civil sanction range
- $100 to $1,000
Summary
Glendale is authorized to inspect any residential rental property for habitability compliance, and must give owners, agents and tenants 72 hours' notice before an interior inspection unless the hazard is imminent, under Section 29.1-31.
The city is authorized to make inspections of all residential rental properties to determine compliance with this chapter.(b)An inspector may expand the scope of any inspection to include other City Code violations noted during inspection.(c)Except in cases of alleged imminent hazards, the city manager or designee shall provide at least seventy-two (72) hours notice to the owner, managing agent and tenant prior to any interior inspections concerning violations.(e)Exterior inspections may be initiated by a tenant, neighbor, neighborhood group or association, homeowner's association, or city officials or employees.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 115).
Full Breakdown
1's habitability standards, and subsection (b) lets an inspector expand the scope of any inspection to cover other City Code violations noticed along the way. Except in cases of an alleged imminent hazard, subsection (c) requires the city manager or designee to give at least 72 hours' notice to the owner, managing agent, and tenant before conducting an interior inspection. Exterior inspections carry no such notice requirement and, under subsection (e), can be triggered by a tenant, a neighbor, a neighborhood group or homeowners' association, or a city official or employee.
1-32 requires a written notice of violation and order of compliance naming the inspection date, inspector, property, and violator, describing the violation in enough detail to allow correction, setting a reinspection date, and listing appeal procedures; it can be served personally or by certified mail, deemed received five calendar days after mailing. 1-39 requires any owner living outside Maricopa County to designate a local agent to receive notices.
Violations & Fines
Failure to correct a cited violation by the deadline in the notice of compliance is itself a violation under Section 29.1-38, enforced in the Glendale Municipal Court. The city may pursue it civilly, with a sanction of $100 to $1,000 plus mandatory abatement, or criminally as a class one misdemeanor carrying up to a $2,500 fine, six months in jail, and three years' probation; each day a violation continues is a separate offense. An out-of-county owner who fails to name a local agent faces the same $100 to $1,000 civil sanction under Section 29.1-39(b) in addition to being served by publication.
Frequently Asked Questions
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