Gwinnett County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Casual-sale exemption
- $12,000/year, not principal occupation
- Vendor carve-out
- Street/transient/flea market vendors excluded
- Requirement
- Occupation tax certificate required
- Scope
- Unincorporated Gwinnett County only
Summary
Street vendors, transient vendors, and flea market vendors in unincorporated Gwinnett County can't use the small-business casual-sale exemption: county code requires them to get an occupation tax certificate like any other business.
Street vendor, transient vendor or flea market vendor activities shall not be considered to be casual and isolated business transactions and shall be required to comply with the provisions of this article. (Ord. No. GCID:2019-1034, Att. A, 10-22-2019)
Editor's note— Ord. No. GCID:2019-1034, Att. A, adopted Oct. 22, 2019, repealed the former § 18-42, and enacted a new section as set out herein. The former § 18-42 pertained to yard sales, garage sales, bake sales and derived from Code 1994, § 18-24; Res. of Dec. 19, 1995.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9).
Full Breakdown
County code exempts casual or isolated sales of personal property, under $12,000 a year and not someone's main occupation, from the occupation tax certificate requirement. Sec. 18-42(b) specifically carves out street vendors, transient vendors, and flea market vendors from that exemption: their activity is never treated as casual and isolated, so they must file for an occupation tax certificate and comply with the rest of Article II before setting up in unincorporated Gwinnett County.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the required occupation tax certificate is a Code violation: a fine of $100 to $1,000, up to 60 days in jail, or both, under Sec. 1-11, plus denial or revocation of the certificate.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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