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 state

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

Alaska

Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Sitka

Arkansas

Bella Vista
Benton
Bentonville
Blytheville
Bryant
Cabot
Camden
Conway
El Dorado
Fayetteville
Forrest City
Fort Smith

Harrison
Helena-West Helena
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Village
Jacksonville
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Marion
Maumelle
Mountain Home
North Little Rock

Paragould
Pine Bluff
Rogers
Russellville
Searcy
Sherwood
Siloam Springs
Springdale
Texarkana
Van Buren
West Memphis

Florida

Georgia

Acworth
Albany
Alpharetta
Americus
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Bainbridge
Brookhaven
Brunswick
Buford
Calhoun
Canton
Carrollton
Cartersville
College Park
Columbus
Conyers
Cordele
Covington
Cusseta
Dallas
Dalton
Decatur
Douglas
Douglasville
Dublin

Duluth
Dunwoody
East Point
Fairburn
Fayetteville
Forest Park
Gainesville
Griffin
Grovetown
Hinesville
Jesup
Johns Creek
Kennesaw
Kingsland
LaGrange
Lawrenceville
Lilburn
Loganville
Macon
Marietta
McDonough
Milledgeville
Milton
Monroe
Moultrie
Newnan
Peachtree City

Peachtree Corners
Perry
Pooler
Powder Springs
Riverdale
Rome
Roswell
Sandy Springs
Savannah
Smyrna
Snellville
St. Marys
Statesboro
Stockbridge
Sugar Hill
Suwanee
Thomasville
Tifton
Union City
Valdosta
Vidalia
Villa Rica
Warner Robins
Waycross
Winder
Woodstock

Hawaii

East Honolulu
Ewa Beach
Ewa Gentry
Halawa
Hilo
Honolulu
Kahului
Kailua

Kaneohe
Kapolei
Kihei
Makakilo
Mililani Mauka
Mililani Town
Nanakuli
Pearl City

Royal Kunia
Schofield Barracks
Wahiawa
Waianae
Wailuku
Waimalu
Waipahu

Idaho

Ammon
Boise
Caldwell
Chubbuck
Cœur d’Alene
Eagle

Hayden
Idaho Falls
Kuna
Lewiston
Meridian
Moscow

Mountain Home
Nampa
Pocatello
Post Falls
Rexburg
Twin Falls

Illinois

Aurora City
Chicago City
Champaign County
Cicero City
Cook County
DeKalb County
DuPage County
Elgin City
Joliet City
Kankakee County
Kendall County
Lake County
LaSalle County
Macon County
Madison County
McHenry County

McLean County
Peoria County
Rock Island County
Sangamon County
Springfield City
St. Clair County
Tazewell County
Vermilion County
Waukegan City/a>
Will County
Winnebago County

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

Iowa

Altoona
Ames
Ankeny
Bettendorf
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Clive
Coralville

Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Indianola
Iowa City
Johnston
Marion
Marshalltown

Mason City
Muscatine
Newton
North Liberty
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Urbandale
Waterloo
Waukee
West Des Moines

Kansas

Andover
Derby
Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City
Gardner
Great Bend
Hays
Hutchinson

Junction City
Kansas City
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Leawood
Lenexa
Liberal
Manhattan
McPherson

Newton
Olathe
Overland Park
Pittsburg
Prairie Village
Salina
Shawnee
Topeka
Wichita

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

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

Maine

Auburn
Augusta
Bangor
Biddeford
Lewiston
Portland

Saco
Sanford
South Portland
Waterville
Westbrook

Maryland

Aberdeen
Annapolis
Baltimore
Bowie
College Park
Cumberland

Easton
Elkton
Frederick
Gaithersburg
Greenbelt
Hagerstown

Hyattsville
Laurel
Rockville
Salisbury
Takoma Park
Westminster

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

Michigan

Flint
Flint Township
Frenchtown Charter
Gaines Township
Garden City
Genesee Township
Georgetown Township
Grand Blanc
Grand Rapids
Hamburg Township
Hamtramck
Harrison Township
Holland
Holland Charter
Independence Township
Inkster
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Township
Kentwood
Lansing
Lincoln Park
Livonia
Macomb Township
Madison Heights
Marquette

Meridian Charter
Midland
Monroe
Mount Morris
Mount Pleasant
Muskegon
Northville Charter
Norton Shores
Novi
Oak Park
Orion Township
Oshtemo Township
Oxford Charter
Pittsfield Charter
Plainfield Township
Plymouth Charter
Pontiac
Port Huron
Portage
Redford Charter
Rochester Hills
Romulus
Roseville
Royal Oak
Saginaw
Saginaw Charter

Scio Township
Shelby Charter
Southfield
Southgate
St. Clair Shores
Sterling Heights
Summit
Taylor
Troy
Van Buren
Walker
Warren
Washington
Waterford
West Bloomfield
Westland
White Lake
Wyandotte
Wyoming
Ypsilanti Charter

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

Mississippi

Biloxi
Brandon
Brookhaven
Canton
Clarksdale
Cleveland
Clinton
Columbus
Corinth
Gautier
Greenville
Greenwood

Grenada
Gulfport
Hattiesburg
Hernando
Horn Lake
Jackson
Laurel
Long Beach
Madison
McComb
Meridian
Moss Point

Natchez
Ocean Springs
Olive Branch
Oxford
Pascagoula
Pearl
Ridgeland
Southaven
Starkville
Tupelo
Vicksburg

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

Montana

Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Great Falls

Helena
Kalispell
Missoula

Nebraska

Beatrice
Bellevue
Columbus
Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
Kearney
La Vista

Lexington
Lincoln
Norfolk
North Platte
Omaha
Papillion
Scottsbluff
South Sioux City

Nevada

Boulder City
Caliente
Carlin
Carson City
Elko
Ely
Fallon

Fernley
Henderson
Las Vegas
Lovelock
Mesquite
North Las Vegas

Reno
Sparks
Wells
West Wendover
Winnemucca
Yerington

New Hampshire

Bedford
Claremont
Concord
Derry
Dover
Durham
Exeter
Goffstown
Hampton

Hooksett
Hudson
Keene
Laconia
Lebanon
Londonderry
Manchester
Merrimack
Milford

Nashua
Portsmouth
Rochester
Salem
Windham

New Jersey

Atlantic City
Bayonne
Belleville
Berkeley Township
Bloomfield
Brick Township
Bridgewater Township
Camden
Cherry Hill
City of Orange
Clifton
Deptford Township
East Brunswick
East Orange
East Windsor Township
Edison
Egg Harbor Township
Elizabeth
Englewood
Evesham Township
Ewing Township
Fair Lawn
Fort Lee
Franklin Township

Millville
Monroe Township
Montclair
Mount Laurel
Mount Olive Township
Neptune Township
New Brunswick
Newark
North Bergen
North Brunswick
Nutley
Ocean Township
Old Bridge Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills
Passaic
Paterson
Pemberton Township
Pennsauken Township
Perth Amboy
Piscataway
Plainfield
Princeton

Rahway
Sayreville
South Brunswick
Teaneck
Toms River
Trenton
Union City
Union Township
Vineland
Voorhees Township
Washington Township
Wayne
West New York
West Orange
West Windsor Township
Westfield
Willingboro Township
Winslow Township
Woodbridge Township

New Mexico

Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Carlsbad
Clovis
Deming
Farmington
Gallup
Hobbs
Las Cruces

Las Vegas
Los Alamos
Los Lunas
Portales
Rio Rancho
Roswell
Santa Fe
Sunland Park

North Carolina

Apex
Asheboro
Asheville
Boone
Burlington
Carrboro
Cary
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Clayton
Clemmons
Concord
Cornelius
Durham
Fayetteville
Fuquay-Varina
Garner

Gastonia
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Greenville
Havelock
Hickory
High Point
Holly Springs
Huntersville
Indian Trail
Jacksonville
Kannapolis
Kernersville
Kinston
Leland
Lumberton

Matthews
Mint Hill
Monroe
Mooresville
Morrisville
New Bern
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Sanford
Shelby
Statesville
Thomasville
Wake Forest
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston-Salem

North Dakota

Bismarck
Dickinson
Fargo
Grand Forks
Jamestown

Mandan
Minot
West Fargo
Williston

Ohio

Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Akron
Dayton
Parma
Canton
Youngstown
Lorain
Hamilton
Springfield
Kettering
Elyria
Lakewood
Cuyahoga Falls
Euclid

Middletown
Mansfield
Newark
Mentor
Cleveland Heights
Beavercreek
Strongsville
Fairfield
Dublin
Warren
Findlay
Lancaster
Lima
Huber Heights
Delaware
Marion
Westerville

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

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

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

Rhode Island

Barrington
Bristol
Burrillville
Central Falls
Coventry
Cranston
Cumberland
East Greenwich
East Providence

Johnston
Lincoln
Middletown
Narragansett
Newport
North Kingstown
North Providence
Pawtucket
Portsmouth

Providence
Smithfield
South Kingstown
Tiverton
Warwick
West Warwick
Westerly
Woonsocket

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

South Dakota

Aberdeen
Brookings
Huron
Mitchell
Pierre

Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Spearfish
Watertown
Yankton

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

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

Utah

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

Layton
Lehi
Logan
Magna
Midvale
Millcreek
Murray
North Ogden
North Salt Lake
Ogden
Orem
Payson
Pleasant Grove
Provo
Riverton
Roy

Salt Lake City
Sandy
Saratoga Springs
South Jordan
South Ogden
South Salt Lake
Spanish Fork
Springville
St. George
Syracuse
Taylorsville
Tooele
Washington
West Jordan
West Valley City

Vermont

Barre
Burlington
Rutland
South Burlington

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