Glynn County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Section 2-21-4 makes it unlawful to operate a food service establishment, a mobile food unit, or a temporary food service operation in Glynn County without a valid food service permit from the Board of Health. Section 2-21-3(4) defines a Mobile Food Service Unit broadly as a trailer, a pushcart, a vehicle vendor, or any other conveyance operating as an extension of a base of operation or a permitted food service establishment, which covers most food trucks and carts working the Golden Isles. The same permit requirement applies to a Temporary Food Service Establishment, defined at Section 2-21-3(14) as one operating at the same location for no more than 14 consecutive days tied to a single event or celebration, the category that covers most festival and event vending.

Beyond the base permit requirement, Section 2-21-4 separately bars operating any of these food operations during a period when the Board of Health has suspended the permit, and bars operating in violation of the Board's Food Service Rules and Regulations even while a permit is technically valid. under Section 2-21-2. 00, up to 60 days in jail, or both.