HOA Rules in Georgia (2026)
39 rules on the books across Georgia, 19 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Board Procedures
Rules governing HOA board meetings, elections, transparency requirements, and voting procedures for homeowners.
Assessment & Dues
Rules about regular assessments, special assessments, collection procedures, late fees, and what happens when homeowners fall behind on dues.
Georgia: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsIf a community opts into the Georgia Property Owners' Association Act (O.C.G.A. § 44-3-220 et seq.), unpaid assessments…
Read full rule →Barrow County
Some RestrictionsBarrow County's Unified Development Code does not set a dues cap for homeowners' associations in unincorporated…
Read full rule →Bulloch County
Some RestrictionsIn a conservation subdivision in unincorporated Bulloch County, the homeowners' association is required to assess dues…
Read full rule →Catoosa County
Some RestrictionsAny subdivision in unincorporated Catoosa County that uses private streets must be governed by a mandatory Homeowners…
Read full rule →Clayton County
Some RestrictionsClayton County's subdivision ordinance makes homeowners association dues mandatory, not optional: Sec. 86-139(c) says…
Read full rule →Gwinnett County
Some RestrictionsIn Gwinnett County's Open Space Conservation (OSC) zoning district, county code forces every subdivision's homeowners…
Read full rule →Jackson County
Some RestrictionsWhen a Jackson County subdivision developer hands an HOA over to its lot owners, Unified Development Code § 1516(e)…
Read full rule →Rockdale County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Rockdale County, the zoning code lets a property owners association formed for a conservation…
Read full rule →Spalding County
Some RestrictionsFor conservation subdivisions in unincorporated Spalding County, Sec. 711 of the county's subdivision ordinance…
Read full rule →Stonecrest
Some RestrictionsWhere a City of Stonecrest development uses a homeowners or property owners association to maintain required open…
Read full rule →Walton County
Some RestrictionsWhere a Multi-Family Development in unincorporated Walton County uses a homeowners association to maintain its common…
Read full rule →CC&R Enforcement
How covenants, conditions, and restrictions are enforced, including violation notices, fines, lien authority, and legal remedies available to HOAs and homeowners.
Georgia: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsGeorgia gives homeowners few statutory protections against HOA covenants. There is NO Georgia statute barring an HOA…
Read full rule →Jackson County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Jackson County, a homeowner's association created for a major subdivision must enforce its own…
Read full rule →Paulding County
Some RestrictionsPaulding County's ER Estate Residential District, and several other residential zoning districts, require a mandatory…
Read full rule →Clayton County
Light RestrictionsClayton County doesn't enforce a subdivision's private CC&Rs itself: Sec. 86-139(d) only requires the homeowners…
Read full rule →Troup County
Light RestrictionsTroup County's construction codes leave private HOA covenants alone: the Community Development Director enforces only…
Read full rule →Barrow County
Few RestrictionsBarrow County's short-term rental ordinance explicitly says the county will not enforce private restrictive covenants…
Read full rule →Dunwoody
Few RestrictionsDunwoody's land development code explicitly states the city is not a party to private restrictive covenants and does…
Read full rule →Marietta
Few RestrictionsMarietta's zoning ordinance does not touch private subdivision covenants. A note inside Section 708.01 states the…
Read full rule →Rockdale County
Few RestrictionsRockdale County does not enforce private HOA covenants: Code § 218-13(pp)(11) requires every manufactured home permit…
Read full rule →Walton County
Few RestrictionsWalton County's own Land Development Ordinance states plainly that private covenants are not enforced by county…
Read full rule →HOA Fines & Enforcement
Statutory caps on HOA fine amounts, notice-and-hearing requirements before fines can be assessed, and how unpaid fines become liens against the property.
Lien & Foreclosure Limits
What an association must clear before it can foreclose on a home for unpaid assessments: minimum debt thresholds, waiting periods, mandatory notice and payment-plan offers, and the states that bar foreclosure where the debt is fines and late fees rather than assessments.
Board Governance
Governance structure of the HOA (board composition, term lengths, election procedures), open-meeting requirements, and member voting rights under state statutes.
Augusta-Richmond County
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County's zoning ordinance requires subdivision property owners' associations that hold open space to…
Read full rule →Barrow County
Some RestrictionsAny unincorporated Barrow County subdivision with common open space must set up a homeowners' association, and section…
Read full rule →Bulloch County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Bulloch County, a homeowners association that owns a conservation subdivision's open space must form…
Read full rule →Clayton County
Some RestrictionsIn Clayton County, a subdivision's developer starts out running the homeowners association, not the homeowners. Sec…
Read full rule →DeKalb County
Some RestrictionsIn DeKalb's RNC conservation subdivisions, a homeowners' association used to maintain shared greenspace must have…
Read full rule →Fulton County
Some RestrictionsIn conservation subdivisions in unincorporated Fulton County south of Atlanta, Subdivision Regulations § 6.7.1 makes…
Read full rule →Glynn County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Glynn County ties homeowners association formation to Planned Development approval: under § 723.3(c)(n)…
Read full rule →Gwinnett County
Some RestrictionsGwinnett County requires Open Space Conservation subdivision associations to be governed by Georgia's Property Owners'…
Read full rule →Jackson County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Jackson County requires a homeowner's or property owner's association whenever a major subdivision…
Read full rule →Rockdale County
Some RestrictionsAny subdivision in unincorporated Rockdale County built on private residential streets must form a mandatory property…
Read full rule →Spalding County
Some RestrictionsConservation subdivisions in unincorporated Spalding County must set up a homeowners' association with a written…
Read full rule →Stonecrest
Some RestrictionsWhen a City of Stonecrest subdivision relies on a homeowners or property owners association to hold required open…
Read full rule →Walton County
Some RestrictionsFor a Multi-Family Development in unincorporated Walton County that uses a homeowners association, county rules mandate…
Read full rule →Newton County
Light RestrictionsUnincorporated Newton County requires every homeowners' association to register with the development services…
Read full rule →Rental Restriction Limits
How far an association may go in banning or capping leasing, grandfathering for owners who already rent, minimum-lease-term and cap-percentage rules, and the member vote thresholds required before a rental amendment binds existing owners.