Walton County, GA Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

Walton County's litter control ordinance carves out a separate enforcement track for property that is unoccupied, vacant or abandoned. Under Land Development Ordinance Section 11-6-150(D)(1), before the county acts, it must both post notice physically on the property in the owner's name and send certified mail or personal delivery to the address shown on the county tax records. The notice must identify the owner, describe the location and the violation, state that the condition is a public nuisance, and give the owner thirty calendar days to remedy it.

The same notice warns that Walton County will otherwise remedy the condition itself, bill the record owner on the next regular tax statement, and place a lien for the cost plus interest if unpaid. An owner who disagrees has thirty days from the notice to request a written hearing before the Board of Appeals to show the cited condition is not a violation. If the thirty days pass with no cure and no hearing request, Section 11-6-150(D)(2) authorizes the county to remove the litter or mow the vegetation itself, or pay a contractor to do so, at the owner's expense. 4 an unpaid balance is recorded as a lien with the Clerk of Superior Court of Walton County, enforceable against the property until satisfied.