Glynn County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Section 2-31-11(a) of the Short-Term Rental Ordinance builds a three-strike fine ladder for any ordinance violation, whether it is a missing smoke detector, an overcrowded rental, an unposted certificate, or a Local Point of Contact who does not respond to complaints. A first conviction within a rolling 12-month period draws a $250 fine against the property owner or Certificate holder; a second draws $500; a third and every one after that draws $1,000. Occupants and guests can be separately prosecuted and fined up to $1,000 for violations they personally commit, without excusing the owner or Certificate holder from responsibility for the same conduct.

The fine ladder feeds directly into the county's revocation power: § 2-31-12(a)(i) lets the County Manager or a designee suspend or revoke the Accommodation Excise Tax Certificate once a property or rental has been the subject of three or more violations of the Short-Term Rental Ordinance, or of the county's noise ordinance, that resulted in convictions within the preceding 12 months. A revoked Certificate cannot be reissued for that property or to that owner or Certificate holder for 12 months, under § 2-31-12(d), unless the property changes hands in an arm's-length sale or a new, previously uninvolved Managing Agency takes over.

Each day a rental is marketed, advertised, or rented without a valid Certificate is its own separate violation under § 2-31-11(b), so an unpermitted rental can rack up strikes quickly.