Detroit blight ticket lookup
Enter any Detroit address and see what the city has on file: open blight tickets, judgment balances, hearing dates, Certificate of Compliance status, water debt, and more. Pulled live from City of Detroit records.
Free. No signup for your first checks. Works on any Detroit address, including ones you don't own.
4212 Sample St
$2,340 owed · 7 open violations
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What the city already knows about the address.
Detroit does not warn owners before ticketing a property. The ticket goes on the docket, the hearing happens with or without you, and an unpaid judgment attaches to the property itself. Owners who live out of state, or just out of the neighborhood, often learn about a ticket months later, when it has already grown into a lien.
This lookup shows you every blight ticket with its status and balance, whether the property has a valid Certificate of Compliance, water debt that can become a lien, demolition history, open permits, and more. If something is on record, the results tell you what to handle first and how.
About the lookup.
Detroit Compliance surfaces public municipal data. Not affiliated with the City of Detroit or the DAH. Not legal advice.
How do I look up blight tickets on a Detroit property?
Type the street address into the search box above. The lookup checks the City of Detroit's live records, including the Department of Appeals and Hearings blight docket, and shows every ticket on file with its status and balance.
Is the Detroit blight ticket lookup free?
Yes. The lookup is free and never asks for a credit card. Your first 3 addresses need nothing at all; after that, leaving an email keeps it unlimited. A free account adds a watchlist and includes your first 5 full reports. A full written report for closings and lenders is available separately for $29.
Which city records does the lookup check?
The free lookup reads 3 City records: blight tickets and judgments, certificate of Compliance and rental registry, building and trade permits. The full $29 report reads all 17: blight tickets and judgments, certificate of Compliance and rental registry, building and trade permits, water and sewer balance, delinquent taxes and forfeiture, court foreclosure filings, recorded mortgages and judgments, mortgage foreclosure notices, sales and transfer history, assessment and tax pop-up, completed demolitions, scheduled City demolitions, structure fires, fire insurance escrow, lead clearance, vacant property registry, pre-sale inspections.
Can I look up a property I don't own?
Yes. These are public records, so you can check any Detroit address, including a property you are thinking about buying. Blight judgments attach to the property and transfer to the new owner, so checking before closing matters.
What should I do if the lookup finds violations?
Start with deadlines. Tickets with an upcoming hearing date or inside the 21-day appeal window can still be contested or reduced. The results page orders your findings by what to handle first and links a plain-English guide for each violation code.
Checked once. Want it watched?
Monitoring reads the blight docket and the Certificate of Compliance on your properties every day and tells you the day something new shows up. For citywide numbers, see the Detroit blight ticket statistics.