Property Maintenance in North Carolina (2026)

Buncombe County's building inspector can declare any dilapidated, fire-hazard or nuisance building "unsafe" and order…

Fayetteville runs a full minimum-housing program under Chapter 14. The building inspector can declare a dwelling unfit…

Gastonia's inspections superintendent can condemn any non-housing structure that is especially dangerous to life from…

Wilmington's housing inspector can formally condemn a residential building as unfit for human habitation using nine…

Winston-Salem enforces its Minimum Housing Code under Code Chapter 14 to abate blighted and unsafe properties. The…

Apex code enforcement can order an owner to repair a deteriorated dwelling or vacate and demolish a dilapidated one…

Asheville's building inspector may declare any dilapidated, hazardous, or nuisance structure unsafe under Sec. 4-181…

Brunswick County, North Carolina's Minimum Housing Code lets a county public officer order the owner of a dilapidated…

Burke County's housing code lets the building code administrator order the owner of an unfit dwelling in unincorporated…

Burlington's code enforcement administrator can declare a dwelling unfit for human habitation once it shows…

Chapel Hill's housing inspector can order an owner to repair or demolish a dwelling ruled unfit for human habitation…

Charlotte's Charter lets the City Council order inspection, condemnation and demolition of unsafe and dangerous…

Under Chapter 3.7, letting an inhabited property in unincorporated Cleveland County pile up trash, junk vehicles…

Concord's zoning enforcement officer or fire inspector can condemn any building that is especially dangerous from fire…

When a Davidson County Code Official finds a building, structure, or service system that poses a clear and inimical…

Durham's housing code administrator can order an owner to repair, vacate, or demolish any building that meets North…

Forsyth County makes it unlawful to let a motor vehicle sit on your property in a state the code calls a health or…

Franklin County's general penalty ordinance lets the county go to court for an injunction and order of abatement…

Gaston County can declare a vacant, blighted nonresidential building 'especially dangerous to life' under Sec. 4-109(c)…

Once Greensboro's inspector finds a residential building 'unfit for human habitation' under Sec. 11-37, Sec. 11-39(b)…

Greenville can declare any building unsafe if it's a fire, structural or safety hazard, and can go further for vacant…

In unincorporated Guilford County, the county's Public Officer can declare a vacant, dilapidated or abandoned…

Harnett County Code § 151.072 lets the Inspector condemn any building that is especially dangerous to life from fire…

High Point's Abandoned Structure Code (§ 9-2-192) lets the city order repair, closing or demolition of structures that…

Iredell County's Minimum Housing Ordinance lets the county housing inspector order repair or demolition of any dwelling…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, the building inspector can order the owner of a dwelling found unfit for…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, a structure the Building Inspector has condemned as unfit for…

In unincorporated Lee County, a dwelling that fails Minimum Housing Code standards is deemed substandard and the…

Lincoln County can force the repair, closing, or demolition of an abandoned structure that threatens health or safety…

Mebane's Minimum Housing Code lets the Director of Inspections declare a residential building unfit for human…

Sec. 23-82 bars occupying a structure the sheriff, health department or building safety inspector has condemned or…

Onslow County's Minimum Housing Ordinance lets the public officer order repair or demolition of unfit dwellings in the…

Pitt County's Inspections Department can condemn any building that is especially dangerous to life, health, or property…

A Raleigh inspector may declare a residential or nonresidential building unsafe under UDO Sec. 11.5.2 when it poses a…

The county can order repair or demolition of dwellings ruled unfit for human habitation under its Minimum Housing…

Rose Hill bans owners from creating or maintaining a blighted vacant building anywhere in town. The Town Administrator…

The Rowan County codes enforcement supervisor can condemn any building that looks especially dangerous to life because…

The building inspector may declare any dilapidated, hazardous, or nuisance building unsafe in unincorporated Rutherford…

Shelby can order a dilapidated or abandoned dwelling repaired or demolished, treating it as a declared public nuisance…

Alamance County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance bars residents from leaving dilapidated furniture, appliances…

Cary's nuisance code bars owners from letting structures fall into unstable, fire-damaged, or otherwise hazardous…

Cornelius enforces property maintenance standards under the NC Minimum Housing Code and the Town's Unified Development…

Cumberland County's Minimum Housing Code requires every dwelling to meet minimum fitness standards, and any structure…

Durham County can order owners to clean up junk, overgrown lots, and dangerous conditions on their own property under…

Huntersville enforces minimum housing and nuisance standards under N.C.G.S. 160D-1201 and the town code. Blighted…

Johnston County's minimum housing code defines exactly when a dwelling counts as 'deteriorated' versus 'dilapidated' by…

Nash County bars leaving rusted, wrecked, junked, dismantled or inoperative furniture, appliances, machinery, equipment…

North Carolina counties are Dillon's Rule bodies, but state law lets Orange County abate public health nuisances. Junk…

When a property in unincorporated Sampson County has a condition dangerous or prejudicial to public health or safety…

Town Code § 61.04 declares any unsafe or deteriorated structure, including storage buildings and sheds, on any parcel…

In unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina, the Abatement of Health and Safety Nuisance Ordinance, County Code…

Wake County does not run a county-wide minimum-housing code in residential neighborhoods within municipalities. NCGS…

Unincorporated Wayne County declares in County Code § 14-151(a) that dwellings suffering dilapidation, fire hazards, or…

Apex requires owners of vacant lots to cut weeds, grass, and noxious growth to four inches by May 31, July 31, and…

Owners, tenants and agents in charge of vacant lots in unincorporated Buncombe County must keep them clean, safe and…

In the City of Burlington, North Carolina, § 22-1 makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant of any lot, including a…

Charlotte requires an entire vacant lot next to improved property to be mowed, and on vacant lots over one acre…

Concord treats an overgrown vacant lot as a public nuisance once grass, weeds, or noxious growth top 12 inches, and…

In Fayetteville, an undeveloped lot is declared a nuisance lot after two or more verified violations within one year…

Durham declares dense weeds, vines, briars and undergrowth on occupied and unoccupied lots, public or private, a public…

Fayetteville sets no numeric grass-height limit. Vacant lots are policed through Section 22-16, which bars pest…

Forsyth County bans running or maintaining an open dump on any land in the county, including vacant lots, and requires…

Greenville requires vacant, undeveloped lots over one acre to keep dense weed and brush growth cut back within 100 feet…

Guilford County treats dumping on vacant land as a solid-waste public nuisance and can remove junked or abandoned…

In Harnett County's RA-40, RA-30, RA-20R, and RA-20M residential zoning districts, private property can hold no more…

High Point's Trash, Debris and Dilapidated Outbuildings Code (§ 9-2-218) cites vacant and improved lots alike for…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, undeveloped property is held to a stricter standard along its edges: uncut…

In the Town of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, the litter ordinance reaches vacant, unimproved parcels the same as…

County Code § 95.131 requires owners and occupants to keep vacant lots, along with roofs, courts, yards, and open…

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, owners of vacant and occupied lots alike are barred from letting junk, trash and…

Raleigh code enforcement can cite any property, vacant or improved, for weeds and grasses over 8 inches tall growing…

Rose Hill declares a vacant lot a public nuisance the moment weeds or grass pass 24 inches, or rubbish, trash or junk…

Sampson County Code Section 2-6-05 makes it unlawful to create or allow a public health nuisance on any parcel of land…

In unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina, a vacant or unimproved lot that violates the county's zoning code…

Fayetteville imposes no sidewalk snow or ice removal duty. The city code contains no snow-clearing requirement at all…