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Tree removal laws & permits by state

Every city in every state has its own tree removal regulations. This is because each city has it’s own unique ecosystem, weather and plant life. The types of trees that are protected in Florida vary greatly to tree protection laws in Arizona.

Below is a list of links to tree removal ordinances in each state and city.

Some have summaries, others are links to your cities Tree Preservation Ordinance. In it you will find all the answers related to tree removal laws and whether you need a permit to remove a tree on your property.

Select your city to view tree removal laws

California

Adelanto
Agoura Hills
Alameda
Albany
Alhambra
Aliso Viejo
American Canyon
Anaheim
Antioch
Apple Valley
Arcadia
Arcata
Arroyo Grande
Artesia
Arvin
Atascadero
Atwater
Auburn
Avenal
Azusa
Bakersfield
Baldwin Park
Banning
Barstow
Beaumont
Bell
Bell Gardens
Bellflower
Belmont
Benicia
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Blythe
Brawley
Brea
Brentwood
Buena Park
Burbank
Burlingame
Calabasas
Calexico
California City
Camarillo
Campbell
Carlsbad
Carpinteria
Carson
Cathedral City
Ceres
Cerritos
Chico
Chino
Chino Hills
Chowchilla
Chula Vista
Citrus Heights
Claremont
Clearlake
Clovis
Coachella
Coalinga
Colton
Compton
Concord
Corcoran
Corona
Coronado
Costa Mesa
Covina
Cudahy
Culver City
Cupertino
Cypress
Daly City
Dana Point
Danville
Davis
Delano
Desert Hot Springs
Diamond Bar
Dinuba
Dixon
Downey
Duarte
Dublin

East Palo Alto
Eastvale
El Cajon
El Centro
El Cerrito
El Monte
El Segundo
Elk Grove
Encinitas
Escondido
Eureka
Fairfield
Fillmore
Folsom
Fontana
Foster City
Fountain Valley
Fremont
Fresno
Fullerton
Galt
Garden Grove
Gardena
Gilroy
Glendale
Glendora
Goleta
Greenfield
Grover Beach
Hanford
Hawaiian Gardens
Hawthorne
Hayward
Hemet
Hercules
Hermosa Beach
Hesperia
Highland
Hollister
Huntington Beach
Huntington Park
Imperial
Imperial Beach
Indio
Inglewood
Irvine
Jurupa Valley
Kerman
La Cañada Flintridge
La Habra
La Mesa
La Mirada
La Palma
La Puente
La Quinta
La Verne
Lafayette
Laguna Beach
Laguna Hills
Laguna Niguel
Laguna Woods
Lake Elsinore
Lake Forest
Lakewood
Lancaster
Lathrop
Lawndale
Lemon Grove
Lemoore
Lincoln
Livermore
Livingston
Lodi
Loma Linda
Lomita
Lompoc
Long Beach
Los Altos
Los Angeles
Los Banos
Los Gatos
Lynwood
Madera
Manhattan Beach
Manteca
Marina

Florida

Reynoldsburg
Grove City
Stow
Brunswick
Upper Arlington
Gahanna
Westlake
North Olmsted
Fairborn
Massillon
Mason
North Royalton
Bowling Green
North Ridgeville
Kent
Garfield Heights

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia City
Allegheny County
Montgomery County
Bucks County
Delaware County
Lancaster County
Chester County
York County
Berks County
Lehigh County
Westmoreland County
Luzerne County

Northampton County
Dauphin County
Erie County
Cumberland County
Lackawanna County
Washington County
Butler County
Monroe County
Beaver County
Centre County
Franklin County
Schuylkill County

Lebanon County
Cambria County
Fayette County
Blair County
Allentown
Lycoming County
Mercer County
Adams County
Northumberland County
Reading
Lawrence County
Crawford County

Texas

Abilene
Allen
Amarillo
Arlington
Atascocita (CDP)
Austin
Baytown
Beaumont
Brownsville
Bryan
Carrollton
Cedar Park
College Station
Conroe
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Denton
DeSoto
Edinburg
El Paso
Euless
Flower Mound
Fort Worth

Frisco
Galveston
Garland
Georgetown
Grand Prairie
Grapevine
Harlingen
Houston
Irving
Killeen
Laredo
League City
Lewisville
Longview
Lubbock
Mansfield
McAllen
McKinney
Mesquite
Midland
Mission
Missouri City
New Braunfels

North Richland Hills
Odessa
Pasadena
Pearland
Pflugerville
Pharr
Plano
Port Arthur
Richardson
Round Rock
Rowlett
San Angelo
San Antonio
San Marcos
Spring
Sugar Land
Temple
The Woodlands
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls

Washington

Aberdeen
Anacortes
Arlington
Auburn
Bainbridge Island
Battle Ground
Bellevue
Bellingham
Bonney Lake
Bothell
Bremerton
Burien
Burlington
Camas
Centralia
Cheney
College Place
Covington
Des Moines
DuPont
Duvall
East Wenatchee
Edgewood
Edmonds
Ellensburg
Enumclaw
Ephrata
Everett
Federal Way
Ferndale
Fife
Gig Harbor
Grandview
Hoquiam

Virginia

Alexandria
Annandale
Arlington
Ashburn
Bailey’s Crossroads
Blacksburg
Bon Air
Brambleton/Luodon
Brandermill
Bristol
Broadlands
Buckhall
Bull Run
Burke
Burke Centre
Cascades
Cave Spring
Centreville/Fairfax
Chantilly/Fairfax County
Charlottesville
Cherry Hill
Chesapeake
Chester
Christiansburg
Colonial Heights
Countryside
Culpeper
Dale City/Prince William County
Danville
Dranesville
Dunn Loring
East Highland Park
Fair Oaks
Fairfax
Fairfax Station
Falls Church
Forest
Fort Hunt
Franconia/Grafton
Franklin Farm
Fredericksburg

Front Royal
Gainesville
George Mason
Glen Allen
Great Falls
Groveton
Hampton
Harrisonburg
Herndon
Highland Springs
Hollins
Hopewell
Huntington
Hybla Valley
Idylwood/Fairfax
Kings Park West
Kingstowne
Lake Barcroft
Lake Monticello
Lake Ridge
Lakeside
Lansdowne
Laurel
Leesburg
Lincolnia/Fairfax
Linton Hall/Prince William County
Lorton/Fairfax
Lowes Island
Lynchburg
Madison Heights
Manassas
Manassas Park
Manchester
Martinsville
Marumsco
McLean
McNair
Meadowbrook
Mechanicsville/Hanover
Merrifield
Montclair
Mount Vernon

Neabsco
New Baltimore
Newington
Newington Forest
Newport News
Norfolk
Oakton/Fairfax
Petersburg
Poquoson
Portsmouth
Radford
Reston/Fairfax County
Richmond
Roanoke
Rose Hill
Salem
Short Pump/Henrico County
South Riding/Loudon
Springfield/Fairfax
Staunton
Sterling
Stone Ridge
Stuarts Draft
Sudley
Suffolk
Sugarland Run
Timberlake
Tuckahoe
Tysons/Fairfax
Vienna
Virginia Beach
Wakefield
Warrenton
Waynesboro
West Falls Church
West Springfield
Williamsburg
Winchester
Wolf Trap
Woodlawn CDP
Wyndham
Yorkshire

Massachusetts

Abington
Acton
Agawam
Amesbury
Amherst
Andover
Arlington
Ashland
Athol
Attleboro
Auburn
Barnstable
Bedford
Belchertown
Bellingham
Belmont
Beverly
Billerica
Boston
Bourne
Braintree
Bridgewater
Brockton
Brookline
Burlington
Cambridge
Canton
Carver
Charlton
Chelmsford
Chelsea
Chicopee
Clinton
Concord
Danvers
Dartmouth
Dedham
Dennis
Dracut
Dudley
Duxbury
East Bridgewater
East Longmeadow
Easthampton
Easton
Everett
Fairhaven
Fall River
Falmouth
Fitchburg
Foxborough
Framingham
Franklin
Gardner
Gloucester
Grafton

Greenfield
Hanover
Harwich
Haverhill
Hingham
Holden
Holliston
Holyoke
Hopkinton
Hudson
Ipswich
Kingston
Lawrence
Leominster
Lexington
Longmeadow
Lowell
Ludlow
Lynn
Lynnfield
Malden
Mansfield
Marblehead
Marlborough
Marshfield
Mashpee
Medfield
Medford
Medway
Melrose
Methuen
Middleborough
Milford
Millbury
Milton
Natick
Needham
New Bedford
Newburyport
Newton
Norfolk
North Adams
North Andover
North Attleborough
North Reading
Northampton
Northborough
Northbridge
Norton
Norwood
Oxford
Palmer
Peabody
Pembroke
Pepperell
Pittsfield

Plymouth
Quincy
Randolph
Raynham
Reading
Rehoboth
Revere
Rockland
Salem
Sandwich
Saugus
Scituate
Seekonk
Sharon
Shrewsbury
Somerset
Somerville
South Hadley
Southbridge
Spencer
Springfield
Stoneham
Stoughton
Sudbury
Swampscott
Swansea
Taunton
Tewksbury
Tyngsborough
Uxbridge
Wakefield
Walpole
Waltham
Wareham
Watertown
Wayland
Webster
Wellesley
West Springfield
Westborough
Westfield
Westford
Weston
Westport
Westwood
Weymouth
Whitman
Wilbraham
Wilmington
Winchester
Winthrop
Woburn
Worcester
Yarmouth

Tennesse

Alcoa
Arlington
Athens
Bartlett
Bloomingdale
Brentwood
Bristol
Brownsville
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Cleveland
Clinton
Collegedale
Collierville
Columbia
Cookeville
Crossville
Dickson
Dyersburg
East Ridge
Elizabethton

Farragut
Franklin
Gallatin
Germantown
Goodlettsville
Greeneville
Hendersonville
Jackson
Johnson City
Kingsport
Knoxville
La Vergne
Lakeland
Lawrenceburg
Lebanon
Lewisburg
Manchester
Martin
Maryville
McMinnville
Memphis

Middle Valley
Millington
Morristown
Mount Juliet
Murfreesboro
Nashville-Davidson
Oak Ridge
Paris
Portland
Red Bank
Sevierville
Seymour
Shelbyville
Smyrna
Soddy-Daisy
Spring Hill
Springfield
Tullahoma
Union City
White House

Indiana

Anderson
Bloomington
Carmel
Columbus
Crawfordsville
Crown Point
East Chicago
Elkhart
Evansville
Fishers
Fort Wayne
Frankfort
Franklin
Gary
Goshen
Greenfield

Greenwood
Hammond
Hobart
Huntington
Indianapolis
Jasper
Jeffersonville
Kokomo
La Porte
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lebanon
Logansport
Marion
Michigan City
Mishawaka

Muncie
New Albany
New Castle
New Haven
Noblesville
Portage
Richmond
Seymour
Shelbyville
South Bend
Terre Haute
Valparaiso
Vincennes
West Lafayette
Westfield

Missouri

Arnold
Ballwin
Belton
Blue Springs
Cape Girardeau
Chesterfield
Clayton
Columbia
Creve Coeur
Farmington
Ferguson
Florissant
Gladstone
Grandview
Hannibal
Hazelwood
Independence

Jackson
Jefferson City
Joplin
Kansas City
Kirksville
Kirkwood
Lake St. Louis
Lee’s Summit
Liberty
Manchester
Maryland Heights
Nixa
O’Fallon
Overland
Ozark
Poplar Bluff
Raymore

Raytown
Republic
Rolla
Sedalia
Sikeston
Springfield
St. Charles
St. Joseph
St. Louis
St. Peters
University City
Warrensburg
Webster Groves
Wentzville
Wildwood

Maryland

Aberdeen
Annapolis
Baltimore
Bowie
College Park
Cumberland

Easton
Elkton
Frederick
Gaithersburg
Greenbelt
Hagerstown

Hyattsville
Laurel
Rockville
Salisbury
Takoma Park
Westminster

Colorado

Arvada
Aurora
Boulder
Brighton
Broomfield
Cañon City
Castle Rock
Centennial
Colorado Springs
Commerce City
Denver
Durango
Englewood
Erie
Evans

Federal Heights
Firestone
Fort Collins
Fountain
Fruita
Golden
Grand Junction
Greeley
Greenwood Village
Johnstown
Lafayette
Lakewood
Littleton
Lone Tree
Longmont

Louisville
Loveland
Montrose
Northglenn
Parker
Pueblo
Steamboat Springs
Sterling
Superior
Thornton
Westminster
Wheat Ridge
Windsor

Minnesota

Albert Lea
Andover
Anoka
Apple Valley
Austin
Bemidji
Blaine
Bloomington
Brooklyn Center
Brooklyn Park
Buffalo
Burnsville
Champlin
Chanhassen
Chaska
Columbia Heights
Coon Rapids
Cottage Grove
Crystal
Duluth
Eagan
Eden Prairie
Edina
Elk River

Faribault
Farmington
Forest Lake
Fridley
Golden Valley
Ham Lake
Hastings
Hibbing
Hopkins
Inver Grove Heights
Lakeville
Lino Lakes
Mankato
Maple Grove
Maplewood
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Moorhead
New Brighton
New Hope
Northfield
Oakdale
Otsego
Owatonna

Plymouth
Prior Lake
Ramsey
Red Wing
Richfield
Rochester
Rosemount
Roseville
Saint Paul
Sartell
Savage
Shakopee
Shoreview
South St. Paul
St. Cloud
St. Louis Park
St. Michael
Stillwater
West St. Paul
White Bear Lake
Willmar
Winona
Woodbury

South Carolina

Aiken
Anderson
Charleston
Columbia
Conway
Easley
Florence
Goose Creek
Greenville

Greenwood
Greer
Hanahan
Hilton Head Island
Lexington
Mauldin
Mount Pleasant
Myrtle Beach
North Augusta

North Charleston
Rock Hill
Simpsonville
Spartanburg
Summerville
Sumter
West Columbia

Alabama

Alabaster
Albertville
Alexander City
Anniston
Athens
Auburn
Bessemer
Birmingham
Center Point[d]
Cullman
Daphne
Decatur
Dothan
Enterprise
Fairhope

Florence
Foley
Fort Payne
Gadsden
Hartselle
Helena
Homewood
Hoover
Hueytown
Huntsville
Madison
Millbrook
Mobile
Montgomery
Mountain Brook

Northport
Opelika
Oxford
Ozark
Pelham
Phenix City
Prattville
Prichard
Scottsboro
Selma
Talladega
Troy
Trussville
Tuscaloosa
Vestavia Hills

Louisiana

Alexandria
Baker
Baton Rouge
Bossier City
Central
Crowley
Gretna
Hammond
Houma
Kenner

Lafayette
Lake Charles
Minden
Monroe
Morgan City
Natchitoches
New Iberia
New Orleans
Opelousas
Pineville

Ruston
Shreveport
Slidell
Sulphur
Thibodaux
West Monroe
Zachary

Kentucky

Ashland
Berea
Bowling Green
Covington
Danville
Elizabethtown
Erlanger
Florence
Fort Thomas
Frankfort

Georgetown
Glasgow
Henderson
Hopkinsville
Independence
Jeffersontown
Lexington
Louisville
Madisonville
Murray

Newport
Nicholasville
Owensboro
Paducah
Radcliff
Richmond
Shelbyville
Shively
St. Matthews
Winchester

Oklahoma

Ada
Altus
Ardmore
Bartlesville
Bethany
Bixby
Broken Arrow
Chickasha
Claremore
Del City
Duncan
Durant

Edmond
El Reno
Enid
Glenpool
Jenks
Lawton
McAlester
Miami
Midwest City
Moore
Muskogee
Mustang

Norman
Oklahoma City
Owasso
Ponca City
Sand Springs
Sapulpa
Shawnee
Stillwater
Tahlequah
Tulsa
Yukon

Connecticut

Ansonia
Bridgeport
Bristol
Danbury
Derby
Hartford
Meriden

Middletown
Milford
New Britain
New Haven
New London
Norwalk

Norwich
Shelton
Stamford
Torrington
Waterbury
West Haven

Utah

American Fork
Bountiful
Brigham City
Cedar City
Centerville
Clearfield
Clinton
Cottonwood Heights
Draper
Eagle Mountain
Farmington
Herriman
Highland
Holladay
Hurricane
Kaysville