City
Detroit, MI
Search Detroit code violations and building permits by street or address. See the violation or permit, its status, the work, and the dates, straight from City of Detroit Open Data Portal. This is the property history paid lookup sites charge for, free and in your browser.
City of Detroit blight-violation tickets, refreshed regularly; current to 2026.
Covers the City of Detroit. Violations are blight-violation tickets; permits are Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department (BSEED) building permits.
Source: City of Detroit Open Data Portal. Public domain (City of Detroit). Blight-ticket and BSEED permit records are published by the City of Detroit and refreshed regularly. Open the city portal.
Buyers and renters check a property for open code cases and unpermitted work before they commit. Homeowners confirm a contractor pulled the permit they paid for, and that it closed. Neighbors look up a problem property near them. Investors, agents, and inspectors fold the violation and permit history into due diligence. Paid services charge per report for these public records; the city's data is open, so this tool is free.
Two public records for a Detroit property: the code-enforcement violations reported against it and the building permits pulled for work on it. Together they show open code cases, what was built or repaired and when, and, where the city records it, who did the work.
It is pulled live from City of Detroit Open Data Portal each time you search; nothing is cached on our end. The coverage line under each tab states the exact span that dataset covers, so you always know how fresh the records are.
Only properties with a record on file appear. Many properties have no open violation and no recent permit, which is normal, not an error. Try the street name on its own, or a nearby address, and check both tabs.
A violation is a case the city opened. Its status (open, closed, or resolved) tells you where it stands, so read the status on each record instead of assuming a listed violation is still active.
It is what City of Detroit Open Data Portal publishes openly, which is the city's own record. For the certified file, or for very recent activity that has not synced yet, use the official city portal linked under the results.
Parcel lookup answers who owns a property and its assessed value, from the county. A property report answers what has happened to the building, from the city: violations and permits. They complement each other.
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