Carroll County, GA Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)

Chapter 66, Article VI of the Carroll County Code defines a nuisance broadly as anything causing hurt, inconvenience or damage to an ordinary, reasonable person, and Section 66-81 lists specific examples residents most often report: discharging filthy, foul or offensive matter or liquid from a house or premises onto a road, street, public place or an adjacent lot, and standing or stagnant water that becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The list is not exclusive; any other condition that qualifies as a nuisance under another part of the county code or state law, including the state minimum standard building, fire and life-safety codes, also counts.

Section 66-82 makes it unlawful for any owner, lessee, tenant or other person in control of property to cause, permit or allow a nuisance to exist. The building inspector, the county code and ordinance enforcement officer, or the sheriff's department can enforce the article under Section 66-83. When a nuisance is found, Section 66-84 lets the county issue a summons requiring the responsible party to appear before the magistrate judge and show cause why the condition should not be abated; if the judge finds a violation, Section 66-85 authorizes an order to demolish, remove or abate the condition, with noncompliance letting the county do the work itself and place a lien on the property for the cost. Agricultural operations that have run for a year or more are exempt from nuisance claims tied to changed surrounding conditions, under Section 66-89.