Public Health Rules in Michigan (2026)

Ann Arbor's Housing Code requires landlords treating an infested rental for pests to notify residents three calendar…

Battle Creek, Michigan requires every residential refuse container to be vector and vermin proof with a tightly fitting…

Bay County's Nuisance Code declares the presence of rats, mice, cockroaches or other vermin, or evidence of them, a…

Clinton Township's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure and property to stay free of rodent and vermin…

Dearborn assigns pest-control duty by cause: occupants handle infestations confined to their own unit, but the owner is…

City Code Sec. 7-530 requires every basement or cellar opening in a dwelling in the City of Dearborn Heights that could…

Detroit property owners must ratproof every building and exterior lot, exterminate rodents when found, and take steps…

Farmington Hills requires every property to keep accumulated solid waste in containers that are tightly covered and…

Junk yards, secondhand shops, pawnshops, and scrap-metal premises in the City of Flint must be kept clean and sanitary…

Non-residential buildings in Grand Rapids must keep exterior walls, siding, and trim free of holes, cracks, or…

Kalamazoo's Housing Code puts responsibility for rodent and pest infestation on the owner in duplexes, multiunit…

Lansing's nuisance code declares rodent or insect infestation on any property a public nuisance, letting the City order…

Livonia's property maintenance code requires every structure and yard to be kept free of rodent harborage, including a…

In the City of Novi every structure and yard must be kept free of rodent and pest harborage. Feeding wild animals with…

Ottawa County's Environmental Health Regulations make it unlawful to store refuse except in rodent- and fly-proof…

In the City of Pontiac, the Housing Code requires every dwelling and multifamily building to stay free of insect and…

Rochester Hills targets vegetation that can harbor rodents under Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4, requiring…

The City of Royal Oak requires every building and vacant lot to be ratproofed and kept free of rat harborage under…

Southfield property owners and occupants may not let conditions that harbor rodents exist on their land. Sec. 2.16…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, every structure and exterior property must be kept free of rodent harborage and…

Troy requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rodent harborage and infestation, with prompt…

Warren's Code of Ordinances bans letting rats or mice take up residence on any building, structure, or vacant land…

Westland deems any building or grounds that harbor rats, mice, or other vermin a blighted and dangerous condition…

In Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), city code makes property owners responsible for eliminating rat harborages…

From May 1 to October 15, Sterling Heights requires tightly fitting insect screens on doors and windows serving…

Wayne County's Environmental Health Unit runs a coordinated rodent-control education program under Ord. No. 99-537…

Dearborn requires hotels, roominghouses, lodginghouses and B&Bs to report bed bug infestations to the health officer…

Detroit landlords must have rental units professionally inspected for bed bugs before leasing, prove the unit is…

In the City of Pontiac, Michigan, City Code § 58-46 makes every owner, manager, landlord, tenant and occupant of a…

In the City of Dearborn Heights it is unlawful to deliver, furnish, supply or give away hypodermic syringes, needles or…

Detroit requires an annual Health Department license before anyone can run a needle-exchange program, and licensure…

In the City of Kalamazoo, selling or giving away drug paraphernalia is a misdemeanor under City Code § 22-41, but the…

Livonia prohibits anyone from possessing a hypodermic syringe or needle intended for illegal drug use under Code §…

Flint bans selling or furnishing hypodermic needles and other drug paraphernalia, but exempts participants in the…

Every restaurant employee in Warren who handles food or food utensils must first get a food handlers permit from the…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, Section 16-123(13) requires every employee of a bakery or bulk food establishment to…

Detroit food establishments must have a person in charge who demonstrates food safety knowledge to inspectors…

No one may work in a Livonia restaurant without a current food-handler's card issued by the health department…

Ottawa County will not license any food service establishment, temporary food unit, mobile food unit, mobile food…