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Property Maintenance in Idaho (2026)

29 rules on the books across Idaho, 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.

Bannock County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Bannock County, a substandard or dangerous building is handled under the county's own adoption of the…

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Boise

Significant Restrictions

Boise requires owners to repair, vacate, or demolish buildings that endanger public life, health, or safety under its…

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Caldwell

Significant Restrictions

Caldwell enforces the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings against any structure that endangers…

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Coeur Dalene

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a building declared dangerous under chapter 15.09 must be repaired to the current…

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Kootenai County

Significant Restrictions

Kootenai County bans outdoor storage of anything not customarily kept outside for a permitted use; items that don't…

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Meridian

Significant Restrictions

Meridian classifies any building so dilapidated it menaces public health or safety, including fire hazard, as a general…

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Nampa

Significant Restrictions

A vacant Nampa building that falls short of the city's vacant-building maintenance standards is declared a public…

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Ada County

Some Restrictions

Ada County's Nuisance Ordinance, Code section 5-9-3, makes it unlawful to create, cause, maintain, or knowingly allow a…

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Canyon County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho, storing junk, scrap lumber, waste petroleum products, trash, or discarded…

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Idaho Falls

Some Restrictions

Idaho Falls enforces dangerous, unsafe, and substandard buildings under the 2018 International Property Maintenance…

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Pocatello

Some Restrictions

When a City of Pocatello property falls into blighted or deteriorated condition and the owner ignores a written notice…

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Twin Falls

Some Restrictions

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, the Health Officer can serve written notice on the owner, occupant or agent of any…

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Twin Falls County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Twin Falls County treats any property condition that creates a safety, fire, health or traffic hazard as…

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Vacant Lot Maintenance

Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.