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…

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…

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)…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

Vacant lots in Durham are held to the same standard as occupied ones. Dense weeds, vines, briars, or undergrowth, and…

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…

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 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…

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…

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