Rental Inspections in Texas (2026)

Every apartment complex in Allen with three or more units and more than a year past its certificate of occupancy must…

Arlington puts every multi-family complex, duplex, and extended-stay hotel on a mandatory city inspection roll and…

Austin forces problem rental properties into its Repeat Offender Program. A property that racks up two or more…

Baytown runs a two-track inspection program for multi-family complexes: the chief building official schedules periodic…

Every single-family and multi-family rental in Carrollton must be registered with the city and renewed annually under…

Celina requires every rental dwelling owner to hold an annual rental registration permit, with mandatory safety…

Owners of single-family and other non-owner-occupied rentals in Dallas must register each unit annually with Code…

Every residential rental in DeSoto, single-family, duplex, multifamily, townhome, or manufactured home, must be…

Fort Worth requires every apartment landlord to register each multifamily complex annually with Code Compliance and…

Every apartment complex of four or more units in Frisco must hold a city multi-family dwelling license issued by the…

Garland requires anyone renting three or more units in a multifamily dwelling, or operating a lodging establishment, to…

Every Houston apartment building with three or more units must register with the city building official and falls under…

Irving inspects multi-family rental communities and assigns each a risk rating. A property rated 5 must install a heat…

Every short-term rental in Killeen needs a city permit, and each unit must pass a health-and-safety inspection before…

Lewisville inspects every licensed multi-family complex at least once a year under City Code § 4-207, checking…

Longview requires a city-issued license for every multi-family dwelling complex of three or more units, backed by…

Mesquite requires every apartment owner to hold a Multi-Family Residential Rental Property License from the Building…

Before any Pearland short-term rental can open to guests, the fire marshal's office must inspect the property against…

Every single-family, duplex, and townhome rental in Richardson must be registered with the Chief Building Official…

San Antonio enrolls apartment complexes of five or more units in a mandatory Apartment Inspection Program once an owner…

Every rental license application or renewal in Sugar Land triggers a mandatory exterior inspection under Sec. 4-126…

Wichita Falls requires every apartment community owner to register ownership with the police official and enroll the…

Before a manufactured home rental community in unincorporated Brazoria County can open, the County Engineer must…

Corpus Christi requires every short-term rental, any home rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days, to hold a city…

Grand Prairie inspects apartment complexes every year under Code of Ordinances Sec. 28-19, giving owners 30 days'…

Plano requires the landlord of every apartment complex five years or older with five or more dwelling units to register…

Rowlett inspects single-family, duplex, and townhouse rentals at first registration, on complaint, and at every change…

El Paso does not register rentals or run a periodic rental-inspection program. The city repealed its housing…

Lubbock does not register landlords or run a crime-free or periodic rental-inspection program. Rental housing is…

McAllen runs no rental registration or crime-free multi-housing program and does not inspect long-term rentals on a…

Austin's Code Compliance Department can inspect a rental property's exterior, and any occupied single-family unit…

A Baytown tenant can trigger a city inspection of an occupied unit by filing a complaint with the chief building…

Carrollton's Designated City Official can inspect a registered rental annually, on a periodic schedule, or whenever…

Dallas rental property and condominium registrants must log every tenant complaint. Section 27-38 of the Minimum…

Frisco Code of Ordinances Section 18-428 requires every multi-family landlord to walk each unit with the tenant when…

A tenant living in a Garland single-family rental does not need the landlord's permission to get the City involved…

Houston requires multi-family rental buildings to post a bilingual notice telling tenants to report hazardous…

A written, signed, and dated complaint from an Irving tenant under Texas Property Code § 92.052, copied to the city…

Plano requires landlords of multi-family complexes five years or older with five or more units to inspect every…

Any person, including a tenant, can trigger a San Antonio dangerous-building inspection by filing a complaint that a…