Local TREND. Rental Property Inspections = Private Property Rights Violations?

Institute of Justice is representing a class of renters in Seattle to challenge the city’s ordinance that requires inspection of rental property.

The ordinance: Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance,  Seattle Municipal Code 22.214.

When tenants refused entrance to the inspector a fine of $500 per day until the landlord persuaded the tenant to permit the inspector to inspect the premise.

Institute for Justice | Seattle mandatory rental inspection Law