State

Summary

Statute

Alabama

Within five days of a tenant's report of suspected bedbugs, the landlord or pest control company representative shall visually inspect for bedbugs. Within ten days of finding evidence of bedbugs, the landlord shall start the infestation control process. 

 2010 Bill Text AL H.B. 814

Alaska

Arizona

The presence of bedbugs in any place where sleeping accommodations are offered to the public is declared a public nuisances dangerous to the public health.

ARS §§36-601, 33-1319

Arkansas

California

The law requires a langlord to provide a prospective tenant information about bed bugs, as specified. The law requires that the landlord provide notice to the tenants of those units inspected by the pest control operator of the pest control operator's findings within two business days, as specified. The law prohibits a landlord from showing, renting, or leasing a vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a bed bug infestation, as specified.

Cal. Code Regs. Section §§1942.5, 1954.05, 1954.600 to 1954.605

Colorado

No more than ninety-six hours after receiving notice of the possibility of bedbugs, a landlord shall both obtain an inspection of the unit by a qualified inspector and may enter any contiguous dwelling for an inspection. If such inspection confirms the presence of bedbugs, the landlord shall inspect all contiguous units as promptly as is reasonably practicable.

 C.R.S. 38-12-1002

Connecticut

Establishes a framework to identify and treat bed bug infestations in residential rental properties, including public housing but excluding detached, single-family homes. It sets separate duties and responsibilities for landlords and tenants, including notice, inspection, and treatment requirements. It also gives landlords and tenants remedies when either party fails to comply with these duties and responsibilities.

CONN. GEN. STAT. § 47a-14h, 47a-7a

Delaware

District of Columbia

No more than three days after obtaining an inspection, the landlord shall commence reasonable measures to effectively treat the presence of bedbugs, including retaining services from a licensed pest control professional to treat the dwelling unit and any contiguous units. The landlord shall be responsible for all associated costs. 

 2021 Bill Text DC B. 142 – PENDING

Florida

Landlords are required to take reasonable steps to exterminate bed bugs within the rental property.

FLA. STAT. § 83.51

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Within ten days after bedbugs are found or reasonably suspected anywhere on the premises or receiving written notice of a known or reasonably suspected infestation, a landlord shall provide pest control services. 

 Cook County Code of Ordinances §42-110

Indiana

Iowa

Within fourteen days of a confirmation of bedbugs, the landlord shall commence pest control measures. Control is complete when no evidence of bedbug activity has occurred in the unit for fifty days after the last application of any treatment. 

 2011 Bill Text IA H.S.B. 520

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Defines landlord and tenant duties with regards to bed bugs an also provides available remedies.

14 M.R.S. §6021-A

Maryland

Massachusetts

Within five business days of receiving notice of a bedbug infestation, the landlord shall perform a visual inspection of the unit. If the landlord observes the presence or evidence of bedbugs, the landlord shall commence the Extermination Protocol. Within ten business days, the landlord shall retain the services of a certified applicator to inspect the unit. If the certified applicator identifies a bedbug infestation, the landlord shall perform such treatments and extermination services as may be required by the certified applicator. 

 2013 Bill Text MA H.B. 2109 

Michigan

Requires county infirmaries to implement procedures to prevent and treat bedbug infestations.

MICH. ADMIN. CODE r. 400.57

Minnesota

Every facility shall be so constructed or equipped as to prevent the entrance, harborage, or breeding of bedbugs, and all other insects and vermin. Cleaning, renovation, or fumigation by licensed pest control operators for the elimination of such pests shall be used when necessary.

MINN. R. 4665.2300

Missouri

Mississippi

Montana

Nebraska

Bedbug Detection and Treatment Act PENDING

 Legislative Bill 553

Nevada

New Hampshire

No Landlord shall rent the premises if it is infested by bed bugs and the landlord is not conducting a periodic inspection and remediation program. In this paragraph "remediation" means action taken by the landlord that substantially reduces the presence of bed bugs in a dwelling unit for a period of at least sixty days. "Infestation of bed bugs" means the presence of bed bugs in real property rented for residential purposes. Landlords are to investigate tenant reports of bed bugs and are allowed entry in order to inspect the premises for bed bugs. 

N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 48-A:11, 540:2. 540:13-e, 540-A:3

New Jersey

Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, whether occupied or unoccupied, shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, rodents, vermin, or other pests on the premises. The owner's responsibility to exterminate will be triggered upon receipt of a letter from the tenant stating the presence an description of the infestation and requesting extermination. As appropriate, but especially where the presence of bedbugs has been established, the owner shall treat (1) the two units on either side of the affected unit, (2) the units directly above and below the affected unit, and (3) the two units on either side of the units above and below the affected unit, for a total of nine units. A building owner is responsible to provide extermination service by a certified exterminator for bedbugs as many times as necessary to totally eliminate the reported bedbug problem. Once the problem is eradicated, the building owner is not responsible to provide treatments if a new bedbug problem arises with the same tenant during the remainder of the current calendar year. 

 Jersey City, New Jersey Code of Ordinances §254-45*

New Mexico

New York

For housing accommodations subject to this code, an owner shall furnish to each tenant signing a vacancy lease, a notice in a form promulgated or approved by the state division of housing and community renewal that sets forth the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous year regarding the premises rented by the tenant and the building in which the premises are located. A report shall be made annually to the state that includes not only street address and number of dwelling units but number of units that had a bed bug infestation, number of units where eradication measures were used, and number of units where an infestation existed after eradication measures were used. 

N.Y. CITY ADMIN. CODE § 27-2018.1 & 2

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety.

ORC Ann. 5321.04

Oklahoma

Oregon

The location, occupier identity, and detailed facts of a bed bug infestation reported to an agency shall remain confidential.

OR. REV. STAT. § 570.880

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

 Senate Bill 702 is pending. 

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

The presence of bedbugs is considered a public health nuisance and person shall be required to abate the nuisance when it is known

 TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 341.011

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Concerning eradication all means necessary shall be taken for the elimination of bedbugs and other household pests shall be used. Extreme care shall be taken in the use of poison to prevent accidental poisoning of domestic animals and people.

WIS. ADMIN. CODE §

190.08