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

Section 32-21 defines a 'junk vehicle' or 'inoperative vehicle' as any automobile, truck, vehicle, trailer, or part of one that is wrecked, dismantled, partly dismantled, inoperative, abandoned, or discarded, while excluding farm, logging, and construction equipment, campers, and buses or tractor-trailers actively used for storage. Section 32-22 then lists the only conditions under which junk vehicles can sit on property in the unincorporated county: vehicles enclosed inside a barn, garage, or building; vehicles on the premises of a lawfully operated repair, reconditioning, or remodeling business, provided they stay in continual repair rather than being cannibalized for parts; junked antique vehicles over 25 years old that are screened from public roads and being restored as a hobby, not a business; and vehicles on a licensed wrecker or towing service's premises for up to 45 days.

Outside those conditions, section 32-23 makes it unlawful to maintain five or more junk vehicles on a property for more than 30 days, other than vehicles held under lawful law-enforcement impoundment, without a valid state license (if applicable) and a county permit, and unlawful to store, buy, sell, or deal in junk vehicles in any quantity without the same state license and county permit. Both prohibitions trace to the county's 1989 junkyard ordinance (Ord. of 3-7-1989) and are codified at Code 2005, §§ 58-31 through 58-33. The article sets no fine of its own, so enforcement falls to the Code's general penalty provisions.