Hall County, GA Public Conduct: Aggressive Panhandling (2026)
Key Facts
- Aggressive solicitation
- Banned outright, streets and door-to-door
- Permitted solicitors
- Nonprofits/charities with business license only
- Allowed hours
- 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m., weekdays
- Annual day cap
- 5 days per group/business
- Banned intersections
- 4 named, incl. Jesse Jewell/Limestone Pkwy
Summary
Hall County bans aggressive or intimidating solicitation on streets and highways outright, restricts street solicitation to nonprofit and charitable groups with a business license, limits it to weekday windows, and names four specific intersections where it is banned entirely.
C.Soliciting is prohibited at the following intersections:1.Jesse Jewell and Limestone Parkway.2.Memorial Park Road and Atlanta Highway.3.Memorial Park Road and Old Flowery Branch Road.4.Hog Mountain Road and Spout Springs RoadD.Based on public safety concerns, one person for each intersecting point shall be allowed to solicit on streets/highways.E.Any one group or business will be limited to five days each year to solicit on streets/highways in Hall County.F.Solicitors on streets/highways shall not engage in any aggressive or intimidating sales or solicitation practices, and such will not be tolerated.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 80).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 130 governs solicitation on streets and highways in unincorporated Hall County. Subsection (A) permits it only for nonprofit or charitable organizations holding a current, valid business license registered with the county, unless exempt under the county's business license regulations. m. Subsection (C) names four intersections where street solicitation is prohibited outright: Jesse Jewell and Limestone Parkway, Memorial Park Road and Atlanta Highway, Memorial Park Road and Old Flowery Branch Road, and Hog Mountain Road and Spout Springs Road. Subsection (D) limits solicitation to one person per intersecting point for public safety, and subsection (E) caps any one group or business to five days per year of street or highway solicitation countywide.
' The identical prohibition on aggressive or intimidating practices also applies to door-to-door solicitors generally under Sec. 120(P), extending the same standard beyond the roadway context into residential and commercial solicitation countywide.
Violations & Fines
Subsection (G) authorizes the business license director to revoke all permits held by a group or business if a complaint is received against anyone soliciting on a street or highway, following investigation of the complaint. Sec. 5.80.150(C) makes any violation of Chapter 5.80 a misdemeanor, punishable under Sec. 1.50.020 of the Official Code of Hall County, enforced by the business license director, marshal's office, or sheriff's department, with each violation treated separately at the court's discretion.
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