Barrow County, GA HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

Barrow County does not itself set HOA dues, but section 89-470(a) of the Unified Development Code controls how an association's assessment structure has to be built for any residential development containing common open space or other commonly owned land. Subsection (a)(6)d requires the covenants, conditions and regulations creating the homeowners' association to regulate, at a minimum, the method of assessment for dues and related costs, so every qualifying subdivision's governing documents must spell out how assessments are calculated and levied, not leave the mechanism undefined.

Subsection (a)(3) backs that up with enforcement teeth: the declaration and bylaws must be enforceable by the association or by an association management company it designates, and that entity must have the power to compel the payment of membership dues and assessments, which supports actions like liens or suspension of amenity access when an owner falls behind. Subsection (a)(5) adds a reserve-fund floor tied to the turnover from developer to homeowner control: the documents creating the association must guarantee an adequate reserve fund exists at that transfer point, and the fund must equal no less than one year's expenses reasonably expected for the association's legally required minimum operations, protecting new owners from inheriting an underfunded association.

A. Title 44, Chapter 3, Article 6, which supplies the state-law assessment and lien enforcement mechanics the county code incorporates by reference. Nonresidential projects and condominiums get parallel, comparable assessment and reserve requirements under subsections (b) and (c).