Some homes within the Forest Hills neighborhood are rentals. Note that all owners of rental property are required to register them with the City.
An absentee landlord is:
(a) the owner of residential rental units which are exempt from City of Columbia business licensure who are shown as the most-recent property owner(s) on the real property tax notice for the then current year issued by the Richland or Lexington County Treasurer’s Office; and,
(b) who resides outside of or has a business office outside of Lexington or Richland County; or,
(c) whose tax notice is addressed to a post office box regardless of the county of residence of the owner.
NOTE: A company called Columbia Property Management is a private company and is not the same as reporting a violation of City code to proper authorities.
View the full code here.