Code Enforcement Officer Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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Code Enforcement Officer Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers


Question: You are required to have the Transfer of Demolisher sheet for a
junk vehicle abated by the city to TX-DOT within how many days?


Ans: 5 Days


Question: An Antique Auto means a passenger car or truck that was
manufactured in 1925 or before, or a passenger car or truck that is at least
_________ years old.


Ans: 25 years old


Question: How soon should you notify the owner of an abandoned vehicle
once the vehicle has been taken into custody?


Ans: No later than the 10th day after it is taken into custody


Question: An abandoned motor vehicle is inoperable, and is??


Ans: More than 5 years old and has been left unattended on public
property for more than 48 hours


Question: _______ means a motor vehicle or special interest vehicle of ANY
age that has not been changed from its original manunfacturer's

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specifications, and because of its historic interest is being preserved by a
hobbyist.


Ans: Special Interest


Question: Notice provided for the removal of a public nuisance (Junk Vehicle)
must provide no less than?


Ans: Ten (10) days


Question: Junk Vehicle notice must be personally delivered or...?


Ans: sent Certified Mail


Question: If a hearing is requested by a person for whom the junk vehicle
belongs, the hearing shall not take place earlier than the ______ after the date
of the service of the notice.


Ans: Eleven (11) days


Question: If an abandoned motor vehicle is not claimed the owner or lien
holder waives all the rights and interests to the item.


Ans: TRUE


Question: Who do you notify if an abandoned vehicle was on the property for
more than 48 hours?

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Ans: 1) Wonder and Occupants


2) Newspaper


3) Lien Holder


Question: What step(s) can a community take to make the enforcement
administration of a sign regulation efficient?


Ans: Require a building permit before an owner constructs, repairs, or
removes a sign.


Question: Signs are generally regulated by?


Ans: ZONING


Question: What is the most common limitation of signs?


Ans: Size of the sign


Question: Sign regulations are grouped in what classifications?


Ans: Ground Signs, Pole Signs, and Wall Signs


Question: The two most basic types of the signs are?


Ans: Permanent and Temporary