What is this annual inspection deal?

[Lynn Z]

Our city council is trying to register all landlords and have out of state landlords appoint a local agent who will take service from them for codes violations, grant access, fix any problems etc.

The excuse they use for the proposed ordinance is they can't find the real owner, especially if they're out of state. Funny, how the tax people find everyone they need to find.

Landlords objected to the idea of signing away their right to object to entry by the government and the word "annual inspection" rolled off of the codes administrator as he was explaining "probable cause" "warrants" etc.

I read where some places have annual inspections of rentals to see if they are in compliance with codes. This guy says he could find 50% of all rentals out of compliance.

This is scary. Do any of you have annual inspections of rentals? Registration of landlords? Registration of tenants?
I'd love to hear more.