Carroll County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Under Carroll County Code § 22-75(b)(1)b, a short-term rental license application must be accompanied by written rules posted inside the unit acknowledging that maximum occupancy is limited to two adults per bedroom. That per-bedroom cap is the operative numeric standard for every licensed short-term rental in unincorporated Carroll County; a licensee who lists or advertises a higher sleeping capacity is misrepresenting the unit's approved occupancy. Once the license issues, § 22-78(a) requires the specific maximum occupancy figure for that unit to be printed on the license itself and posted inside the unit, together with the agent's contact information, license number, and maximum vehicle count; no external signage is otherwise permitted anywhere on the property.

Section 22-76(a) makes the owner responsible for the conduct of guests and any managing agent, so an owner cannot avoid liability for an over-occupied rental by delegating management. Violations feed into the county's repeat-violator tracking: accumulated code-violation convictions or judgments against the owner, agent or the rental address trigger the mandatory license revocation and 12-month reapplication bar set out in § 22-78(c). The occupancy rule applies only to short-term rentals in unincorporated Carroll County under the Community Development Department's licensing program; it does not reach rentals inside Carrollton, Villa Rica, Temple, Bowdon, Whitesburg, Mount Zion or Roopville.