Victoria, TX Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- 2009 Intl. Property Maintenance Code
- Enforcing official
- Development Services director
- Local deletions
- Secs. 103 and 111 removed
- Applies to
- All dwellings, dwelling units, structures
Summary
Victoria enforces the International Property Maintenance Code for the upkeep, occupancy, and maintenance of all dwellings and rental units citywide.
There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the use, maintenance, and occupancy of all dwellings, dwelling units and structures... that certain code known as the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code, published by the International Code Council Inc.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 42).
Full Breakdown
The city has adopted the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code by ordinance to govern the use, maintenance, and occupancy of every dwelling, dwelling unit, and structure in Victoria. The Development Services director serves as the code official, with authority to inspect rental units and order repairs. Two sections of the published code, the Department of Property Maintenance Inspection provision and the Means of Appeal provision, were deleted and replaced with the city's own administrative and appeal procedures found elsewhere in Chapter 21.
Violations & Fines
Property Maintenance Code violations are enforced by the Development Services director; unsafe or noncompliant structures can be ordered vacated, secured, repaired, or demolished under the related Unsafe Buildings division (Sec. 21-98 et seq.), with costs charged to the owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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