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Property Maintenance in Columbia County, GA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia.

Verified from official government sources

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

Property Blight

Columbia County enforces real property-maintenance standards. It has adopted the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code and treats trash, overgrowth, and junk vehicles as nuisances, with notice, abatement, and liens against non-compliant owners.

Columbia County Property Blight & Nuisance

Some Restrictions

Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 82-142(a)

It shall be unlawful to allow a box truck, bus, food truck, inoperative vehicle, tractor unit, truck with more than two axles, or a large vehicle to be parked, kept or stored overnight on property zoned R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, PRD, and in areas used for residential purposes but within C-1, C-C, C-2, C-3, M-1, M-2, P-1, PDD, PUD or S-1.

Vacant Lot Maintenance

Owners of vacant lots in Columbia County must keep grass and weeds under ten inches and free of trash and dumping. The county can mow and clean non-compliant lots after notice and lien the cost against the property.

Columbia County Vacant Lot Maintenance

Some Restrictions

Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 34-32(7)a

It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee, tenant, or other person having the possession and control of real property or responsible for its management, maintenance, or upkeep of real property to permit the growth and accumulation of any weeds, grasses, or plants, other than cultivated agricultural crops, trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants and shrubbery, to a height exceeding te...

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