Code Violations in Washington, DC

Research Washington, DC building and housing code-enforcement records. Search an address and monitor it for newly collected matching public records.

ViolationNet is tracking 3,812 building and housing code violations in Washington, DC, including 2,951 currently open and 96 in the feed's 7-day record count.

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Sourced from official Washington code-enforcement records · Newest retained record date Nov 11, 2026 · How we source this data

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3,812 Total Violations

2,951 Open Violations

96 7-Day Record Count

2,773 Properties Affected

1.4 Avg per Property

Violation Types

Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection

3,077

Dob - Illegal Construction

735

Recent Violations

Address	Type	Date	Status
7421 Georgia Avenue Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 11, 2026	Open
1901 C Street Se	Dob - Illegal Construction	Nov 11, 2026	Open
307 15th Street Ne	Dob - Illegal Construction	Nov 10, 2026	Open
6212 New Hampshire Avenue Ne	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 10, 2026	Open
2222 Q Street Nw	Dob - Illegal Construction	Nov 10, 2026	Open
26 R Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 10, 2026	Open (Duplicate)
2118 Minnesota Avenue Se	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 10, 2026	Open
909 New Jersey Avenue Se	Dob - Illegal Construction	Nov 10, 2026	Open
4830 South Dakota Avenue Ne	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 10, 2026	Open (Duplicate)
2419 Shannon Place Se	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open

507 T Street Nw	Dob - Illegal Construction	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1526 10th Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1315 Q Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1125 7th Street Ne	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1481 Florida Avenue Nw	Dob - Illegal Construction	Nov 09, 2026	Open
5023 8th Street Ne	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1514 21st Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1504 21st Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1502 21st Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open
1900 16th Street Nw	Dob - Vacant Private Property Inspection	Nov 09, 2026	Open

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