How to Pull Code Violation County Data for Montgomery County, MD
A code violation list shows cases a city opens when a property breaks local building or safety rules. To find code violation records for Montgomery County, Maryland (MD), use dataMontgomery. No account is needed. It is free to use. No VPN is needed. You can download a CSV file.
Also known as: code enforcement, code enforcement cases, building code violations.
What you need
What it is
Housing code violations from Montgomery County, Maryland, from 2013 to now. Each row is one violation, so one case can have many rows.
Why it matters
A citation means the county took the problem further than a warning. These owners may be open to selling.
The fields you get
- Case number
- Date filed
- Date closed
- Disposition
- Street address
- Unit
- City
- ZIP
- Violation ID
- Inspection date
- Location description
- Action
- Code reference
- Condition
- Item
The page says weekly. It showed Last Updated November 1, 2026.
Follow these 6 steps
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Open the Housing Code Violations page
Go to Montgomery County Housing Code Violations. The page shows when the data was last updated.
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Open the query screen
Click the Data tab. Click the Actions button, then click Query data. A table opens with a Filters panel under it.
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Filter the list
Pick Disposition in the box Select a column to filter. In the value box type Citation issued and tick it. Click Apply. The row count drops to the citations.
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Check the newest records are first
The table is already sorted by Date Filed, newest first. You do not need to change it. If you click the three lines next to Date Filed, do not click Clear descending sort.
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Download the file
Click Export. Keep Download file and CSV selected. Click Download. Only your filtered rows go in the file.
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Check your records
Open the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets. We saw 18,233 rows on November 4, newest first. Keep the case number, address, city, ZIP and date filed.
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Watch out for these
- Most rows are not problems for the owner anymore. Without a filter you get about 967,000 rows, mostly routine inspections and corrected violations.
- Citation issued is one choice of status. Look through the Disposition list if you want others.
- There is no owner name. Use the address to find the owner in county property records.
- One case can have many rows. Remove duplicates by address if you want one row per property.
Other lists in Montgomery County
We only have this list for Montgomery County so far. See all Maryland guides.
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