Homelessness & Encampment Rules in Union County, NC (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Union County, North Carolina.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Union County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Encampment Sanitation
Union County outright bans camping, meaning sleeping, storing belongings, or pitching a tent or temporary shelter, anywhere on county-owned or leased property. Camping is declared a public nuisance, and the county can summarily remove any tent, bedding or belongings it finds.
Union County, NC Camping Ban on County Property
Heavy RestrictionsUnion County Code of Ordinances § 30-19(a)-(c)
Camp or camping means the use of county property for living accommodation purposes such as sleeping, or making preparations to sleep (including the laying down of bedding for the purpose of sleeping), or storing personal belongings, or placing any tents or a temporary shelter on county property for living accommodation purposes. ... It shall be unlawful for anyone to camp on any county property...
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