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

Spalding County requires a homeowners' association document for every conservation subdivision under Appendix A whenever the project sets aside land or facilities to be owned or used in common by residents and not deeded outright to the county or an approved land conservation trust. Sec. 711.G makes membership dues mandatory: each owner of real property in the subdivision must pay a pro rata share of the costs of operating the homeowners' association, and Sec. 711.H requires the governing document to spell out a process of collection and enforcement to obtain funds from owners who fail to comply.

The same section requires the declaration to create cross-covenants between owners so the association's dues obligation is mutually enforceable, and to give the association the legal power to own and maintain commonly held land and to make and enforce its own rules. Membership itself is automatic and mandatory for every owner under Sec. 711.E, so a buyer cannot opt out of the assessment structure by declining to join. The document must also address how the association's insurance is funded (Sec. 711.J) and how the association is dissolved if it ever becomes unviable (Sec.

711.K), both of which typically draw on the same pro rata assessment base described in Sec. 711.G. None of this is optional boilerplate: Spalding County reviews the homeowners' association documentation as part of final plat approval, so a subdivision without an enforceable dues-and-collection mechanism cannot record its final plat.