Property Maintenance in Alabama (2026)
24 rules on the books across Alabama, 14 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Property Blight
Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.
Auburn
Significant RestrictionsAuburn can order the demolition of any building found unsafe to the extent it is a public nuisance, using a state-law…
Read full rule →Bessemer
Significant RestrictionsBessemer's Sec. 18-238 declares every dangerous building a public nuisance that must be repaired, vacated or…
Read full rule →Birmingham
Significant RestrictionsWhen Birmingham's Building Official finds a building unsafe to the extent it is a public nuisance, the owner and…
Read full rule →Hoover
Significant RestrictionsHoover's property maintenance code lets the code official order demolition or repair of any structure that is…
Read full rule →Huntsville
Significant RestrictionsHuntsville can condemn a dilapidated house or accessory structure as an unsafe building and force the owner to repair…
Read full rule →Jefferson County
Significant RestrictionsJefferson County declares a building "unsafe" under Section 103.5.1 if it lacks adequate egress, is a fire hazard, or…
Read full rule →Madison County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Madison County it is a public nuisance to let a building, lot, junkyard or other premises pile up…
Read full rule →Mobile
Significant RestrictionsMobile can force the repair, securing, demolition or vacation of any building the code official finds dangerous and…
Read full rule →Montgomery
Significant RestrictionsMontgomery, Alabama's Inspections Department Property Maintenance Division enforces the adopted Property Maintenance…
Read full rule →Vestavia Hills
Significant RestrictionsVestavia Hills declares any building meeting one of fifteen listed defects, from structural buckling to fire damage to…
Read full rule →Lee County
Some RestrictionsLee County's Public Nuisance - Premises law makes it unlawful for any property owner in the unincorporated county to…
Read full rule →Madison
Some RestrictionsMadison's Code Enforcement division requires all land in the city be kept free of accumulated garbage, litter, debris…
Read full rule →Mobile County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Mobile County treats junk-strewn lots and unsafe buildings alike as a public nuisance the County…
Read full rule →Tuscaloosa
Some RestrictionsTuscaloosa enforces blighted and rundown property through the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by…
Read full rule →Vacant Lot Maintenance
Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.
Auburn
Some RestrictionsAuburn treats grass or weeds over 12 inches tall as a public nuisance under state law adopted into its code. The city…
Read full rule →Birmingham
Some RestrictionsBirmingham law bars leaving any lot or premises, developed or vacant, littered with garbage, junk, debris, or…
Read full rule →Hoover
Some RestrictionsHoover requires every lot owner in the city or its police jurisdiction, vacant or improved, to keep the property clean…
Read full rule →Huntsville
Some RestrictionsHuntsville makes it a nuisance to let any property go overgrown with tall grass or weeds, with a numeric trigger of 8…
Read full rule →Jefferson County
Some RestrictionsJefferson County's Weed and Litter Ordinance requires anyone in charge of a lot in the unincorporated county to keep it…
Read full rule →Madison
Some RestrictionsVacant and undeveloped lots in Madison must be kept mowed and clear. Grass and weeds over 12 inches, or any…
Read full rule →Mobile
Some RestrictionsMobile's weed and grass ordinance singles out vacant lots by name: any land with no structure, or with an unoccupied…
Read full rule →Montgomery
Some RestrictionsMontgomery bans letting litter, trash, junk or unstaffed donation boxes pile up on any property in the city, and the…
Read full rule →Tuscaloosa
Some RestrictionsTuscaloosa Sec. 13-67.1 bars anyone owning or controlling a premises or vacant lot from letting litter, trash, or storm…
Read full rule →Vestavia Hills
Some RestrictionsVestavia Hills treats an unimproved lot next to an improved lot the same as a built property: once its vegetation grows…
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