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Rental Inspections in Cobb County, GA (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia.

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

Inspection Programs

Owners of multifamily rental dwellings and units in unincorporated Cobb County must file a code compliance certificate before the county will issue or renew their business registration certificate. A certified building inspector must have personally interior-inspected at least 25 percent of the complex's units within the prior 12 months, with every unit hit at least once every four years, plus a full exterior common-area inspection every year under the International Property Maintenance Code.

Cobb County Multifamily Rental Inspection Program

Significant Restrictions

Cobb County Code § 18-365(a)

All owners of multi-family rental dwellings or multi-family rental units within the county required to pay occupational taxes pursuant to Code section 78-31 shall provide to the county, prior to receiving a business registration certificate under this Code, a code compliance certificate covering interior inspections of no less than 25 percent of the total multi-family rental units within the mu...

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