Property Maintenance in Missouri (2026)

Chapter 1110, the St. Louis County Property Maintenance Code, sets the exterior condition standard for houses in…

Under Chapter 505, Cass County's Building Inspector can declare a structure in unincorporated Cass County a dangerous…

Columbia's Property Maintenance Code lets the director order repair, vacation, or demolition of any structure in the…

Florissant Code Chapter 510 lets the City order any building with serious structural, fire, sanitary or safety defects…

Independence's Building Official can declare any structure meeting one of 17 defect criteria a dangerous building and…

Any building in unincorporated Jefferson County with structural failure, fire hazard, blocked egress, or six months of…

Kansas City can declare a blighted or unsafe building a public nuisance and order it vacated, repaired, or demolished…

Lee's Summit requires every exterior property to stay in a "clean, safe and sanitary condition" under City Code §…

O'Fallon Code Section 502.020 declares any building or structure detrimental to public health, safety, or welfare a…

Springfield's director of building development services can order a dangerous or substandard structure repaired…

A St. Charles County Notice of Unsafe Structure declares the building a public nuisance, orders it vacated by the 15th…

St. Louis's Property Maintenance Code lets the Building Commissioner condemn any building, structure, or piece of…

Clay County directly enforces property maintenance in unincorporated areas through code enforcement. Under RSMo 67.398…

In unincorporated Greene County, a vacant building with multiple code violations, an order to vacate for endangerment…

In unincorporated Jackson County, a building with 33%+ structural damage or deterioration is a declared public…

Kirkwood declares debris-covered lots, from weed cuttings to derelict car parts and broken furniture, a public nuisance…

In unincorporated Cass County, the Zoning Order prohibits any condition on land that breeds rodents or insects or…

Owners of vacant lots in unincorporated Clay County must keep them clear of overgrowth and junk. Under RSMo 67.398 the…

Columbia, Missouri caps turf grass and weeds at 12 inches on any lot in the city, occupied or vacant, and treats…

Florissant treats an unmaintained lot as a public nuisance under City Code § 213.030. Debris, junk, overgrown weeds…

Vacant lots in Independence count as 'premises' under the property code, but undeveloped lots more than 150 feet from a…

Jackson County requires owners of platted, unincorporated lots to cut rank weeds over 15 inches, thickets, and noxious…

Vegetation 10 inches or taller is a declared nuisance on any Kansas City lot, vacant or occupied, and the city can…

Kirkwood treats a vacant or occupied lot carrying debris, junk or noxious weeds seven inches or taller as a nuisance…

Lee's Summit applies its 10-inch weed cap to vacant and undeveloped lots too, but Sec. 16-203 exempts large contiguous…

O'Fallon's weed ordinance reaches unimproved land too: any vacant lot with no building on it must be kept under eight…

Springfield, Missouri (Greene County) requires every lot owner, vacant or built, to control overgrowth on their land…

St. Louis bans weeds and unattended vegetation over 7 inches tall on any lot, occupied or vacant, and requires owners…

Vacancy alone does not put a St. Louis County property on an inspection schedule. Two things have to be true together…

Columbia, Missouri property owners and occupants must keep the sidewalk fronting their property clear of snow, ice, and…

Owners and occupants of property fronting an Independence street must keep the adjoining sidewalk, parkway, curb, and…

Kansas City property owners must clear snow and ice from sidewalks fronting their property within a reasonable time…

Kirkwood gives property owners and occupants 24 hours to clear ice, snow, dirt, mud or filth from the sidewalk fronting…

O'Fallon Code § 215-205 requires every commercial property owner in the city to keep the sidewalk along or abutting the…

St. Louis requires owners, managers and occupants to clear sidewalk snow immediately after each snowfall and keep a…

Springfield, Missouri requires anyone owning, occupying or controlling property to take reasonable measures keeping the…

Lee's Summit does not require residents to shovel public sidewalks. The Property Maintenance Code expressly exempts…

St. Louis County does not impose a private snow-removal mandate on homeowners. County plows clear arterial and…