How to Pull Code Violation County Data for Suffolk County, MA
A code violation list shows cases a city opens when a property breaks local building or safety rules. To find code violation records for Suffolk County, Massachusetts (MA), use Analyze Boston. No account is needed. It is free to use. You need a US VPN. You may see a CAPTCHA. You can download a CSV file.
Also known as: code enforcement, code enforcement cases, building code violations.
What you need
This site is not open from every country. In our test it showed error code 1009 from the Philippines and opened from the US.
What it is
Tickets written by the Boston Public Works code enforcement team, such as trash and overfilled dumpsters.
Why it matters
An owner with an open violation may face fines and repair costs. Many of these owners are open to selling.
The fields you get
- Case number
- Ticket number
- Date
- Status
- Code
- Fine value
- Description
- Street number
- Street
- Suffix
- City or neighborhood
- ZIP
- Ward
The file we saw was updated November 4, 2026.
Follow these 5 steps
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Check that the site opens
Open data.boston.gov. The site is not open from every country. If you see error code 1009, it is not available at your location. In our test it opened from the US and not from the Philippines.
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Download the open records
Click this link: Public Works Violations, open, newest first. The file downloads right away. We got the newest 5,000 open rows on November 5.Tip: This is the same data as the dataset page. That page may show Checking your browser first, and may ask you to solve a CAPTCHA. -
Open the file
Open the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets. Each row is one violation. Sample rows from the downloaded file, owner columns left out. This image is not a site screenshot.
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Join the address
The address is split up. Join violation_stno, violation_street and violation_suffix, then add violation_city and violation_zip. -
Save your records
Keep the case number, description, status_dttm and the address. Save the sheet.
Watch out for these
- There are about 930,000 rows in all and about 140,000 open. The link in this guide stops at the newest 5,000 open rows.
- Most tickets are small trash problems. Look for addresses that repeat.
- One ticket can have more than one row.
- The file has contact address columns. That contact may not be the owner. Check City of Boston assessing records.
- This is a City of Boston list. It does not cover Chelsea, Revere or Winthrop, which are also in Suffolk County.
Other lists in Suffolk County
We only have this list for Suffolk County so far. See all Massachusetts guides.
Code Violation in other states
See every guide
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