Carroll County, GA Building Safety: Door Locking Hardware (2026)

18 of the adopted Property Maintenance Code (Section 18-91), requires that doors providing access to a rented, leased or let dwelling unit, rooming unit or housekeeping unit in unincorporated Carroll County be equipped with a deadbolt lock. That lock must be readily openable from the egress side without keys, special knowledge or effort, and must have a minimum lock throw of 1 inch. Deadbolts must be installed to the manufacturer's specifications and kept in good working order, and the section is explicit that a sliding bolt does not qualify as an acceptable deadbolt lock, so a simple slide latch will not pass inspection.

3, so the deadbolt rule is one piece of a broader building-security package aimed specifically at rental housing. It applies only to units that are rented, leased or let; an owner-occupied home is not covered by this particular section. As with the rest of Chapter 18, Article IV, the requirement reaches only unincorporated Carroll County landlords, not rental units inside Carrollton, Villa Rica, Temple, Bowdon, Whitesburg, Mount Zion or Roopville.