What To Do With Code Violation Post-purchase??

[Tae C.]

Hello all,

I have had a property since August 2017 that’s been undergoing a slow rehab.  A month or so ago, I received a letter in the mail from the county informing me that there is a code violation for all sorts of repairs that were needed.  Well yeah, that’s obvious as it was a very distressed property.  Here’s the frustrating part.  This violation has apparently existed on the property since January 2017.  There had been two previous owners, including the individual that basically wholesaled it to me (he did take title on it for a few days), since the time that the code violation was enforced.  As a new flipper, just curious of a couple things:

• do title searches not detect code violations such as this?
• Is this solely on me to fix at this juncture?
• The reality is, my rehab should take care of all the items mentioned - but regardless, what exactly do I have to do to get the violation resolved?

Would appreciate any insight, thanks!