Frisco, TX Rental Inspections: Tenant Complaint Process (2026)

Section 18-428(a)(1) requires the landlord's annual unit inspection to be conducted together with the tenant whenever the occupancy of that unit changes. Under 18-428(a)(2), the landlord must sign each inspection report and require the tenant to sign it too; if the tenant disagrees with a notation the landlord made, the landlord must let the tenant add written comments to the report before it is signed, and must give the tenant a copy once both have signed. The inspection itself has to cover a specific list of minimum building and property maintenance items drawn from the International Property Maintenance Code: electrical facilities, plumbing facilities, heating facilities, ventilation, smoke detectors, occupancy limitations, means of egress, handrails and guardrails, exterior property areas, and rubbish and garbage (18-428(a)(3)).

Section 18-428(a)(4) makes the landlord's own compliance a separate violation: failing to conduct the required inspections, failing to keep inspection records, or refusing to let the administrator review those records is itself a violation of the multi-family dwelling article. The landlord must keep every unit's inspection reports on the premises, or at the landlord's central business office if there is no onsite office, and make them available to the city administrator at all reasonable times (18-428(d)).