Chatham County, GA Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)

The Red Light Camera Enforcement Ordinance, adopted February 4, 2005 and codified at Sec. 12-1301 through 12-1311, lets Chatham County use traffic-control signal monitoring devices, cameras paired with intersection sensors, to record vehicles that enter an intersection against a steady red circular or red arrow signal. Sec. 12-1304 makes the vehicle's registered owner civilly liable for the penalty once a device captures the violation, and Sec. 12-1305 gives the recorded images and a certificate from a trained officer or Metropolitan Police Department technician prima facie evidentiary weight, while letting an owner rebut the presumption with a sworn statement identifying the actual driver.

Sec. 00 per violation and expressly keeps the citation out of criminal court: it is not a conviction, does not go on the driver's record, and cannot be used to raise insurance rates. Sec. 12-1307 requires the summons to be mailed within ten days of the violation, and bars any arrest or contempt proceeding for failing to respond. Private vendors may run the equipment under Sec. 12-1308, but only an officer or MPD technician can sign the violation certificate, and no part of the vendor's pay can be tied to citation volume.

Sec. 12-1309 requires 30-inch warning signs at monitored approaches, and Sec. 12-1310 mandates a 30-day warning-only period after each camera is installed before any citations issue. A. Section 40-6-20(a) traffic-signal statute using other evidence.