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Public Health Rules in Cherokee County, GA (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Cherokee County, Georgia.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Cherokee County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Rodent Control

Cherokee County's Rat Infestation Control division requires business buildings to be rat-proofed and kept that way, and lets the marshal order harborage eliminated once conditions on a property are shown to invite rats.

Cherokee County Rat Infestation Control

Some Restrictions

Cherokee County Code of Ordinances § 14-96

Sec. 14-96. - Business buildings. (a) The owners of all business buildings shall have such buildings rat-proofed, and kept rat-proofed in accordance with this division. (b) Whenever conditions inside or under any such business buildings or on any property on which a business building is located provide harborage for rats such that the marshal deems it necessary that such harborage be eliminated...

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