Irving, TX Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- Irving City Code § 33-4
- Prohibited
- Dumping waste on others' private property
- Enforcement
- Code Enforcement; Irving Municipal Court
- State escalation
- Class C up to state jail felony
- Last amended
- Ordinance 2023-10803 (Oct. 2023)
Summary
Irving City Code § 33-4 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit garbage, brush, bulky items, construction debris, or other waste on private property you do not own or control. Code Enforcement handles complaints, and heavier loads draw criminal charges under Texas law.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit garbage, brush, bulky items, construction and demolition debris, industrial waste, putrescible waste in or on any private property, not belonging to or under the control of such person. (Ordinance 2023-10803, § 1, 10/12/2023)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4988517; v32 updated 2026-07-30).
Full Breakdown
Section 33-4 of Irving's Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances flatly prohibits throwing or depositing garbage, brush, bulky items, construction and demolition debris, industrial waste, or putrescible waste on any private property not belonging to or under the control of the person doing it. The city rewrote the section through Ordinance 2023-10803 on October 12, 2023. Irving Code Enforcement investigates dumped-material complaints and files the offense in Irving Municipal Court. Because Irving is a Texas home-rule city, larger dumping is also prosecuted under state law, which grades the crime by the weight and volume of the material.
Violations & Fines
Dumping on another's private property is a municipal offense filed in Irving Municipal Court. Under Texas Health and Safety Code § 365.012, dumping five pounds or more escalates from a Class C misdemeanor to a state jail felony by weight.
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