Rockdale County, GA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Rockdale County Code § 10-1 makes it unlawful for any person "to be and appear on the streets or roads in the county or on any county-owned property" while intoxicated, and separately unlawful to be in any public place of business patronized by the public while intoxicated. This is a public-intoxication standard, not a bare open-container rule: the offense turns on being in an intoxicated condition in those public locations, not merely holding an open can or bottle. 00 fine, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both, for each single violation, and each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense.

A related but distinct rule sits at Code § 10-46, "Brown bagging": it is prohibited for any person to bring their own alcoholic beverage into any establishment, whether that establishment is licensed or unlicensed to serve alcohol. That rule targets carrying alcohol into a business, not drinking on the sidewalk or in a parking lot. Both sections fall under Chapter 10, Alcoholic Beverages, which the Sheriff's Office and county code enforcement help administer alongside the Department of Planning and Development's licensing staff. Because Code § 1-12 limits the Code's reach to the unincorporated areas of the county, none of this applies inside Conyers, which enforces its own municipal ordinances on public drinking.