3 rules for unincorporated Coweta County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Rent control is illegal in Coweta County. O.C.G.A. §44-7-19 bars every Georgia county and city from regulating the rent charged on private residential property. Neither the county nor Newnan or Senoia may cap rent, so landlords set and raise rents at market.
O.C.G.A. §44-7-19
No county or municipal corporation may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which would regulate in any way the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple-unit residential rental property.
Georgia has no just-cause eviction law, and Coweta County cannot add one. A landlord first demands possession under O.C.G.A. §44-7-50, then files a dispossessory action in Coweta County Magistrate Court in Newnan. A tenant leaves only on a court order.
O.C.G.A. §44-7-50(a)
In all cases when a tenant holds possession of lands or tenements over and beyond the term for which they were rented or leased to such tenant or fails to pay the rent when it becomes due...
Coweta County runs no registration program for long-term rentals — a landlord needs no county permit or inspection to lease a home. The county has no dedicated short-term rental license either, though STR hosts still owe zoning compliance and the local hotel/motel tax.
O.C.G.A. §44-7-34(a)
Within 30 days after obtaining possession of the premises as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 44-7-33, a landlord shall return to the tenant the full security deposit which was deposited with the landlord by the tenant.
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