Unlike Florida or California, Georgia has no law voiding HOA solar bans. In Forsyth County's HOA-heavy subdivisions, a homeowners association may restrict or even prohibit rooftop solar, and those covenants are enforceable.
Georgia does not have a solar-rights statute that overrides HOA restrictions. The 2015 Solar Power Free-Market Financing Act (O.C.G.A. § 46-3-60 et seq.) legalized third-party solar financing and power-purchase agreements, but it does not limit a homeowners association's architectural control. The older Solar Easements Act (O.C.G.A. § 44-9-20 et seq.) only lets neighboring owners voluntarily negotiate a sunlight easement; it forces nothing on an HOA. So in Forsyth County's many covenant-controlled communities, an association's declaration can lawfully restrict panel placement, screen panels from the street, or ban rooftop solar outright, and those provisions are enforceable in court.
Installing solar without required HOA architectural approval can bring association fines and a lawsuit to enforce the covenants, potentially forcing removal. Georgia courts generally uphold recorded HOA restrictions on solar.
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