Irving, TX Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)
Key Facts
- Ordinance
- Irving Code Section 8-35
- Enforcer
- Building official / Code Enforcement
- Rating 5 cure window
- 12 months to reach rating 4
- Penalty
- Certificate of occupancy revoked
- Adopted
- 2008; updated Dec 2024
Summary
Irving inspects multi-family rental communities and assigns each a risk rating. A property rated 5 must install a heat detection system and improve to rating 4 or better within twelve months, or the building official revokes its certificate of occupancy.
An owner, manager, or lienholder of a multi-family dwelling community as of January 1, 2025, which receives a risk rating of 5 as a result of any inspection on or after January 1, 2025, shall be required to: (1) Install a heat detection system; and (2) Improve its risk rating to 4 or better within twelve (12) months of the date of the inspection that resulted in the risk rating of 5.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4988517; v32 updated 2026-07-30).
Full Breakdown
Irving's building official inspects apartment and multi-family dwelling communities and assigns each a risk rating. Under Code of Ordinances Section 8-35, a community that receives a risk rating of 5 on any inspection on or after January 1, 2025 must install a heat detection system and improve to a rating of 4 or better within twelve months. Failure means revocation of the certificate of occupancy, appealable to the construction board of appeals in writing within seven calendar days. A buyer of a rating-5 property after January 1, 2025 may receive a temporary certificate of occupancy and gets six months to install heat detection and raise the rating.
Violations & Fines
Maintaining a multi-family community at risk rating 5, beyond the temporary cure periods, violates Chapter 8; the building official revokes the certificate of occupancy, and the heat-detection mandate remains even after later upgrades.
Frequently Asked Questions
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