Public Health Rules in North Carolina (2026)

Alamance County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance requires garbage to be kept in durable, rodent-proof containers and…

Apex's minimum housing code makes occupants responsible for exterminating insects and rodents in their own unit, but…

Asheville places pest control squarely on the property owner: Sec. 4-210(3)(f) makes every owner of a dwelling or…

Brunswick County's Minimum Housing Code requires every rental dwelling in the unincorporated county to have screened…

Owners of multi-dwelling buildings and boarding houses in unincorporated Buncombe County must exterminate insects…

Cary's housing code makes occupants responsible for exterminating insects, rodents and pests in their unit, but shifts…

Catawba County prohibits depositing, storing or accumulating solid waste or garbage on any property in a manner that…

Charlotte's Housing Code requires every dwelling, yard and structure to stay free of rodent, insect and pest…

The Minimum Housing Code requires every dwelling unit in unincorporated Cleveland County to be screened against insects…

Concord's minimum housing code makes rodent control the property owner's job. City Code Sec. 14-62 requires basement…

Cumberland County's Minimum Housing Code requires every dwelling, premises and accessory structure in the…

Davidson County requires refuse on every property to be sorted so it will not harbor rodents or vermin, under Code of…

Durham's Housing Code makes property owners responsible for keeping grounds and structures free of rodent harborage and…

Durham County requires every property owner to store solid waste in a way that keeps it from harboring rodents. Sec…

Forsyth County requires every dwelling's foundation, walls, roof, windows and doors to be kept rodent-proof and in good…

Gaston County's minimum housing code requires basement and cellar openings to carry rodent-proof screens and puts…

Gastonia's minimum housing code requires every basement or cellar opening that could let rodents inside to be screened…

Every nonresidential building and its grounds in Greensboro must be kept free of rodent, insect, and pest infestation…

Guilford County's housing code requires every basement or cellar opening that could let rodents inside to be screened…

Recreational campground and RV park owners in Harnett County have to keep every park-owned facility and common area in…

High Point's Minimum Housing Code splits pest control between landlord and tenant. Occupants must exterminate insects…

Iredell County's Minimum Housing Ordinance makes occupants responsible for exterminating insects, rodents and other…

Johnston County Code § 5-66 requires every dwelling's basement or cellar windows and other rodent-entry openings to be…

Unincorporated Moore County requires refuse containers built to keep rodents out. Moore County Code § 8-155 orders…

Onslow County's housing code puts extermination duty on tenants for pests in their own unit, but shifts it to the…

Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance bars property owners from letting waste accumulate outside the disposal…

Raleigh's nuisance code makes it unlawful to maintain any condition on a property that breeds or harbors rodents…

Rose Hill treats any premises whose scrap materials, waste or overgrown vegetation furnish shelter or breeding grounds…

Rowan County's minimum housing code makes every dwelling occupant responsible for exterminating insects, rodents, and…

Shelby declares it a public nuisance to let a property harbor rats, mice, snakes, or vermin, or to accumulate stagnant…

Union County requires refuse on unincorporated-area properties to be stored so it will not attract rodents or vermin…

Sec. 14-158 requires every dwelling in unincorporated Wayne County to be screened against insects and kept free of…

Wilmington puts pest and rodent control on the people living in the building, not just the landlord. City Code §…

Winston-Salem's sanitation code makes it a nuisance to maintain any building or premises that provides food, shelter…

Greensboro treats bed bug infestations as a violation of minimum housing standards when the landlord fails to maintain…

Raleigh treats bed bug infestations under the Raleigh Housing Code minimum standards, holding landlords responsible for…

City Code Sec. 15-47(b) bars anyone from throwing out a hypodermic needle or injection device for city collection…

Used needles and syringes generated by households must be sealed in puncture-resistant containers, and NC law…

Cleveland County's recycling centers will not take sharps or any other infectious waste. Section 11-28 defines…

Concord bans tossing a used hypodermic needle or syringe straight into the trash. Before it goes in a rollout cart…

Johnston County Code § 20-37(10) requires all sharps, meaning needles, syringes and scalpel blades under § 20-34, to be…

Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance defines sharps as a form of infectious waste and bars unsterilized…

Rowan County requires every sharp, defined by County Code § 19-26 as needles, syringes and scalpel blades, to be sealed…

Shelby bans tossing hypodermic needles or syringes in the trash unless they're first disabled and sealed in a secure…

Durham will collect hypodermic syringes and needles at the curb, but only if they're sealed inside a plastic…

North Carolina authorizes syringe exchange programs under NCGS 90-113.27, and Guilford County Public Health partners…

Raleigh prohibits placing loose syringes in residential trash or recycling and points residents to NC syringe exchange…

No one may operate or work in a food handling establishment in unincorporated Nash County without a food handler's…