Homelessness & Encampment Rules in Augusta-Richmond County, GA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Augusta-Richmond County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Sit-Lie Rules
Augusta-Richmond County bans loitering on streets, sidewalks, or crossings that blocks free passage, requiring people to move on when told by a sheriff's deputy or a nearby resident or business owner.
Augusta-Richmond County Sidewalk Obstruction Ban
Significant RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Ch. 7, § 3-7-31
Any person who shall loiter on any street, sidewalk or crossing in such a manner as to be an obstruction to free passage thereon, and who shall fail to promptly move on when notified to do so by any officer of the Sheriff's Department, or by any citizen in front of, or near, whose residence of place of business such loitering is carried on, shall be punished as provided herein.
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