22.214.050 - Inspection and certificate of compliance required
A.
The Department shall periodically select, from registered properties containing rental
housing units, the properties that shall be inspected by a qualified rental housing
inspector for certification of compliance. The property selection process shall be
based on a random methodology adopted by rule, and shall include at least ten percent
of all registered rental properties per year. Newly constructed or substantially altered
properties that receive final inspections or a first certificate of occupancy and
register after January 1, 2014, shall not be included in the random property selection
process for five years. After a property is selected for inspection, the Department
shall provide at least 60 days' advance written notice to the owner or owner's agent
to notify them that an inspection of the property is required. If a rental property
owner chooses to hire a private qualified rental housing inspector, and also chooses
not to inspect 100 percent of the rental housing units, the property owner or owner's
agent shall notify the Department a minimum of five and a maximum of ten calendar
days prior to the scheduled inspection, at which time the Department shall inform
the property owner or owner's agent of the units selected for inspection. If the rental
property owner chooses to hire a Department inspector, the Department shall inform
the property owner or owner's agent of the units selected for inspection no earlier
than ten calendar days prior to the inspection.
B.