Rental Inspections in North Carolina (2026)

Asheville requires most rental dwellings to hold a housing certificate under Sec. 4-216(c). Single-family units, one…

Durham's city manager can designate geographic areas for mandatory periodic inspection of every rental dwelling inside…

Rental homes with repeat Code violations, unsafe reoccupancy, nuisance-party or noise convictions, overcrowding, get…

Shelby's code enforcement officer can inspect rental housing without a complaint when a landlord has two or more…

Apex's code enforcement officer must proactively investigate dwelling conditions town-wide and keep an inventory of…

Buncombe County inspects unincorporated-area rental dwellings for fitness for human habitation, but only after a…

The Town of Cary's housing inspector investigates and inspects housing in Wake County to identify units unfit for human…

Charlotte's Minimum Housing Code lets the code enforcement official investigate and inspect any place of habitation in…

Forsyth County inspects dwellings, including rentals, under its Minimum Housing Standards article rather than a routine…

Greensboro's inspection department may only conduct periodic housing inspections when there's 'reasonable cause,'…

Iredell County has no routine rental-registration or annual-inspection cycle; instead its Minimum Housing Ordinance…

Pitt County's Inspections Department conducts periodic inspections of existing buildings under N.C.G.S. § 153A-364, and…

Rowan County's Minimum Housing Ordinance covers every dwelling in the unincorporated county, rental units included…

Wilmington doesn't run a proactive rental-registration inspection sweep; its Minimum Housing Code inspections start…

Winston-Salem's housing conservation administrator inspects housing only for reasonable cause or inside city…

Rockingham County has no proactive rental inspection program. Rental units get inspected under the Minimum Housing…

Apex code enforcement investigates a rental dwelling only after a petition from a public authority or at least five…

A public authority or at least five city residents can file a written complaint with Asheville's code enforcement…

A renter in unincorporated Brunswick County can trigger a county housing inspection by filing a petition or complaint…

Any five Cary residents can petition the housing inspector to investigate a dwelling as unfit for habitation…

To open a formal unfitness case in Charlotte, at least five city residents age 18 or older, or a public authority, can…

Renters in unincorporated Cleveland County can trigger a formal habitability investigation by petition: a public…

A tenant complaint about substandard conditions is enough, on its own, to place an entire Durham rental building into…

A tenant complaint is enough to trigger a Greensboro housing inspection. Under §11-38, the inspector must diligently…

The Guilford County Public Officer must investigate dwelling conditions and inspect buildings to find units unfit for…

Any five High Point residents, or a public authority, can file a written petition forcing the city's housing inspector…

Pitt County's Inspections Department must investigate a rental property once a tenant files a complaint of substandard…

A tenant or any resident can trigger a Rowan County housing inspection by filing a petition with the housing inspector…

A tenant's complaint about substandard conditions, or a simple request that a unit be inspected, gives Shelby's code…