Paulding County, GA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

There is no county-specific jaywalking statute in Chapter 70. Instead, § 70-1 adopts "O.C.G.A. §§ 40-6-1—40-6-395, known as the uniform rules of the road," as the county's traffic law "with like effect as if recited in this chapter," which pulls in the state's pedestrian-crossing requirements without the county having to write its own version.

On top of that state-law baseline, § 70-31 gives the sheriff, with board of commissioners approval, authority to "designate and maintain by appropriate traffic control signs, markings and devices" crosswalks "at intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway" and "other safety zones for pedestrians." The county clerk keeps an official map of every crosswalk, safety zone, and traffic control device the sheriff has designated, and that map is admissible in court as proof of a crosswalk's location. Critically, § 70-31(d) says "no person shall be charged with violating a traffic zone, marking, sign or other traffic control device unless appropriate signs, markings or devices are in fact operating or in existence on the streets involved," so a citation requires an actual posted crosswalk or sign. Once a crosswalk or pedestrian safety zone is properly marked, § 70-31(e) makes "any violation of any traffic zone, marking, sign or other traffic control device established under this article" a Code violation, which covers a pedestrian who crosses mid-block through a marked pedestrian safety zone in defiance of the posted markings.