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

Newton County Code Sec. 12-161 makes it unlawful for any person or business to sell or offer food for sale from a mobile food vendor, defined to include food trucks, ice cream trucks, pushcarts, and temporary food establishments, without a license granted under Article VII of Chapter 12, adopted by Ord. No. O-041823 on April 18, 2023. A license is not required only when the Department of Public Health's own rules waive one, and the county may waive the requirement for a county-hosted event or a special event hosted by a nonprofit, though Public Health and Department of Agriculture permits still apply.

Every vendor must operate from a base of operation, a fixed location holding its own food service permit where food and supplies are kept, prepared, and packaged before being taken out for sale. The application goes to the county and must include the base of operation's business license, the vehicle's make, model, and license plate, the owner's and operator's contact information, copies of the Public Health and Agriculture permits, the proposed operating locations and times, the property owner's written consent, proof of the $1,000,000.00 liability insurance required by Sec.

12-162(b), and a signed indemnity agreement under Sec. 12-164. A license issued under this article runs for a term of one year from the date it is issued, and the license must be attached and visible on the vendor's vehicle at all times it is operating.