Marietta, GA Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Section 10-8-020 of the Marietta Code of Ordinances sets the reporting path for nuisances defined in Section 10-8-010, covering things like stagnant water, dangerous animals, decaying matter, obstructed rights-of-way, and loud noise disturbances. Any official or inhabitant of the city may direct a complaint of nuisance to the city police department, which investigates and may place the complaint on the municipal court docket for a hearing. Once docketed, the municipal court gives the party involved five days' notice and holds a hearing; if the court finds a nuisance exists, it issues an order to the owner, agent, or tenant in possession specifying how many hours or days they have to abate it, based on the nature of the nuisance and its effect on the public.

Subsection B widens who can take the initial complaint: animal control officers and building and license inspectors may also receive nuisance complaints, investigate them, and place them on the court docket the same way a police officer would. If the responsible party doesn't abate in the time given, or can't be served, or the judge decides immediate action is needed, Section 10-8-030 lets the judge order the chief of police to abate the nuisance directly, with costs billed to the owner and secured as a lien on the property.