Bulloch County, GA Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Division 3 of the Clean Community Ordinance addresses abandoned motor vehicles directly. Section 8-91 makes it unlawful to abandon any motor vehicle on a public street, road or public grounds, or on private property, and equally unlawful for a private property owner to knowingly permit a vehicle to sit abandoned on their land. Section 8-92 defines exactly when a vehicle is abandoned: partially dismantled or wrecked and left on a street, road, alley or sidewalk for five days or more; left on private property without the owner's, occupant's or lessee's consent for 48 hours or more; left on any public street, alley or sidewalk for seven days or more; or partially dismantled, wrecked or incapable of self-propulsion and left by its own owner on his own property for 30 days or more.

Section 8-93 lets the sheriff's department, or another person or firm the county designates, remove an abandoned vehicle to a storage area, with written mailed notice promptly sent to the registered owner; removal from private premises otherwise requires the owner's written consent unless the environmental manager finds a health or safety hazard. Under Section 8-94, the owner must pay all reasonable removal, storage and location costs to reclaim the vehicle. 00 or more after 20 days' notice to the state motor vehicle department and any lienholder, following the same procedure as sheriff's sales.