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Inspectors reach settlement in retaliation case

Posted on: February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

Moreno Valley, CA spent $1.2 million dollars in a settlement after employees alleged that they were retaliated against for following the law and pursuing code cases. A former building official and code […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Court cases / Fire Prevention / Law Enforcement and Codes / Liability / property maintenance

German architect sentenced to jail after firefighter dies

Posted on: January 18, 2014

Criminal prosecutions are rare in the field of building code enforcement but when there is a high profile death that results from shoddy construction, indictments do happen.  Recently […]

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By popular demand, the code violation Christmas tree

Posted on: December 11, 2013
Court cases

Serving corporations with missing registered agents

Posted on: October 8, 2013

Serving a corporation that owns property is supposed to be easy.  Every corporation doing business within a state must appoint a registered agent.  The name and address of […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Ordinances / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance / rental inspections

Cycle of complacency and outrage continues

Posted on: April 24, 2013

In my last couple of Tweets, I pointed inspectors to articles involving the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West Texas and a tragic fire in England.  It’s […]

Code Enforcement / Foreclosure / property maintenance

Compliance Connections assists inspectors

Posted on: April 16, 2013

The Illinois Association of Code Enforcement group does a lot of informative programming for its members.  Recently I had the pleasure of attending a day of training and […]

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Hoarder?

Posted on: March 24, 2013

Sometimes you just need to laugh.

Code Enforcement / Foreclosure / property maintenance

HUD contact for property management

Posted on: February 14, 2013

One of the inspectors I work with shared this with me about contact information for a property management company taking care of properties for HUD. HUD has established […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Ordinances

Home owners gone rogue

Posted on: December 12, 2012December 12, 2012

Recently I was interviewed by MSN Real Estate for an article on working without a permit.  The article just appeared online entitled “When Homeowners Go Rogue”.  It’s a […]

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Inspector caught on camera inspecting roof from the ground

Posted on: November 23, 2012

Given the technology that is all around us, an inspector needs to act as if everything he or she does is being videotaped.  Unfortunately one inspector in Largo, […]

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