Property Maintenance in Augusta-Richmond County, GA (2026)
2 rules 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.
Property Blight
Augusta-Richmond County requires owners to keep dwellings and structures up to code, and lets a public officer sue in court to order repair or demolition of unsafe, drug-crime-linked, or health-hazard buildings.
Augusta-Richmond Substandard Building Abatement
Significant RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 7, § 7-2-45
It is the duty of the owner of every dwelling, building, structure, or property within the jurisdiction of Augusta to construct and maintain such dwelling, building, structure, or property in conformance with applicable codes in force within Augusta, or such ordinances which regulate and prohibit activities on property and which declare it to be a public nuisance to construct or maintain any dw...
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Augusta-Richmond County prohibits weeds and plant growth over 12 inches, plus trash and stagnant water, on vacant lots and unoccupied parcels; the county can mail one notice, then abate and bill the owner.
Augusta-Richmond County Vacant Lot Weed Limit
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 4, § 4-2-2
No owner of any vacant lot, undeveloped lot or unoccupied parcel of land within Augusta shall permit or allow the existence of excessive accumulation or untended growth of weeds, undergrowth or other plant life grow to a height exceeding twelve (12) inches; or stagnant water, rubbish, garbage, refuse debris, trash... to the extent... such lot, tract or parcel of land is or may reasonably become...
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