Forsyth County runs no registration program for long-term rentals — a landlord needs no county rental permit. Short-term rentals are the exception: they require a conditional use permit and an annual county short-term rental license.
Georgia has no statewide rental-registration law, and Forsyth County requires none for ordinary long-term rentals; a landlord owes the county no rental permit, filing, or inspection to lease a house or apartment. Short-term rentals are different. A Lake Lanier or neighborhood STR needs a conditional use permit — allowed only in agricultural or agricultural-residential zoning — plus a county short-term rental license that runs about $250 a year, renews by December 31, and names a local contact who can respond on-site within three hours. Landlords everywhere still owe Georgia's Title 44 duties on security deposits and habitability. The City of Cumming sets its own rules inside its limits.
Operating a short-term rental without the required conditional use permit and county license violates the ordinance and can bring fines and license denial. Long-term rentals carry no county registration penalty.
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