Paulding County requires no permit to prune or cut back trees on your own residential lot. Its tree rules live in zoning buffers and subdivision landscaping, not homeowner yard work. Right-of-way trees and HOA covenants are the real limits.
Paulding County has no tree-preservation ordinance for homeowner yard trees, and the county's official code-enforcement guide lists no tree-removal permit at all. What tree regulation exists sits in the zoning code as development buffers and required subdivision landscaping, which apply when land is developed rather than when a resident trims an oak. Georgia's common-law boundary rule still governs neighbors: you may cut branches and roots crossing onto your land, but only to the property line and without killing the tree. Trees in the public right-of-way are county-managed, and HOA covenants across Paulding's subdivisions often require approval before heavy pruning.
None from the county for pruning your own trees. Crossing the boundary to damage a neighbor's tree exposes you to civil liability, and unauthorized work on right-of-way trees violates county rules.
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