Prince George's County, MD Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

3 lets the Code Official inspect dwellings 'as often as necessary,' respond to complaints, and run systematic house-by-house or block-by-block sweeps of neighborhoods when needed. Sec. 1 requires inspecting rental housing with ten or more units every three years once the building is over twenty years old, and the same three-year cycle applies, regardless of age, to any ten-plus-unit rental with a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement under Maryland's Local Government Article § 1-1308. A municipality inside the county that already runs its own inspection program for such buildings can make the county's cycle optional, as long as its inspection falls within the three-year window and it reports any resulting violations to the Code Official within 30 days; the three-year clock then restarts from the date of the last inspection on file.

4 lets the Code Official carry out licensing and permit inspections without needing permission or a judicial warrant, and it makes refusing entry, by itself, sufficient grounds to deny or revoke the license. 8 requires multiple Code Officials to coordinate their inspections so owners aren't hit with duplicate or conflicting visits.