Property Maintenance in Georgia (2026)

Clayton County's Quality of Life Code (Sec. 62-202) makes it unlawful to store appliances, furniture, machinery, scrap…

Acworth's unfit-structures ordinance lets the city's public officer investigate any dwelling or building that is…

Atlanta's Building Code lets the Director of Buildings order any building found dangerous or unsafe to be repaired…

Augusta-Richmond County requires owners to keep dwellings and structures up to code, and lets a public officer sue in…

Bartow County can declare a building, dwelling, or structure in unincorporated Bartow County illegal and unfit for…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia can order an unsafe or uninhabitable dwelling repaired, vacated or demolished…

Property owners in unincorporated Cobb County must maintain buildings and lots in compliance with applicable codes…

Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County) defines a structure as unsafe or dangerous when dilapidation, fire or storm damage…

In the City of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, dwellings or structures unfit for human habitation, dilapidated, or…

In unincorporated DeKalb County, once code enforcement's dangerous-building complaint under Section 18-68 reaches a…

Dunwoody code enforcement can force owners to repair or demolish dwellings and structures that are unfit for…

Unincorporated Fayette County can force repair or demolition of a dwelling or structure the Board of Commissioners has…

Unincorporated Floyd County declares unsafe, unsanitary or fire-hazard buildings illegal and orders their repair or…

Unincorporated Fulton County can force owners to repair or demolish dwellings and structures that are unfit for…

Gwinnett County can order repair, closure, or demolition of any unincorporated-area dwelling or structure found unfit…

Every owner of a dwelling, building, structure or property in unincorporated Hall County must keep it in conformance…

Henry County can force the repair or demolition of an unsafe, unsanitary or drug-crime-linked building in the…

Houston County declares a building or its electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing systems "unsafe" and illegal under…

Johns Creek can order owners of dilapidated, fire-hazard, drug-crime-linked or unsanitary structures to repair or…

Macon-Bibb County declares dilapidated, fire-hazardous, or unsanitary dwellings and buildings public nuisances under…

When Marietta's city housing inspector declares a building unsafe, the owner gets written notice and a municipal court…

Newton County Code Article IV of Chapter 42 lets the county force repair or demolition of dwellings and buildings that…

Rockdale County's public officer can order an unfit or drug-crime-linked building repaired or demolished under Code §§…

Roswell, Georgia declares a building 'blighted' and a public nuisance when it is unsecured, abandoned mid-construction…

Sandy Springs orders repair, closure, or demolition of dwellings and buildings that are unfit for habitation or…

South Fulton's Nuisance Ordinance (Title 6, Ch. 4) declares any dwelling, building, structure, or private property that…

When a Warner Robins dwelling or building becomes unfit for habitation or occupancy, City Code Sec. 6-341 declares it a…

Whitfield County Code § 5-23 lets the county petition a court to declare an unsafe, unfit, or drug-crime-linked…

Chatham County's Property Maintenance Ordinance (Code of Chatham County Article 21-502) makes it unlawful for an owner…

Cherokee County defines a lengthy list of structural, wiring, and utility defects that make a building legally unfit…

Columbia County enforces real property-maintenance standards. It has adopted the 2012 International Property…

Coweta County has no standalone property-maintenance code; instead its solid-waste code bars unsightly accumulations…

Forsyth County treats conditions that injure health, offend the senses, or obstruct use of neighboring property as…

Paulding County requires every residential, commercial, institutional, and vacant property to stay litter-free under…

Clayton County requires owners of abandoned or vacant buildings to board up and secure them against animals, vermin…

Atlanta bans letting trash and refuse pile up on a vacant lot to the point it threatens public health or safety. The…

Augusta-Richmond County prohibits weeds and plant growth over 12 inches, plus trash and stagnant water, on vacant lots…

Grass and vegetation within 25 feet of the curb or pavement edge on any vacant or undeveloped lot in unincorporated…

Carroll County requires every vacant lot and vacant structure in the unincorporated county to be kept clean, safe…

Chatham County Code §21-503 applies the property-maintenance rules to all residential and abutting zones. For large…

Vacant and abandoned lots in unincorporated Cobb County that violate the 12-inch weed limit get mowed by the county at…

Owners of vacant lots in Columbia County must keep grass and weeds under ten inches and free of trash and dumping. The…

Coweta County vacant-lot owners must keep their land free of accumulated waste and open dumping. The county has no…

DeKalb County bars open storage of inoperable vehicles, appliances, glass, or building trash on unincorporated…

In unincorporated Floyd County, an owner who lets a developed lot grow up in weeds or turns it into a dumping ground…

Owners of vacant lots in Forsyth County are responsible for keeping them free of accumulated solid waste, illegal…

Unincorporated Fulton County requires every property owner, including owners of vacant, undeveloped lots, to keep the…

Owners of vacant and occupied lots alike in unincorporated Gwinnett County must keep exterior property free of garbage…

Vacant or undeveloped lots inside Hall County's Gateway Corridor Overlay District must have grass, weeds or undergrowth…

A vacant lot in a Macon-Bibb County residential district is a nuisance once weeds exceed 18 inches, six inches more…

Marietta City Code § 7-4-2-110 requires every owner, tenant or agent to keep a vacant lot, or any other property, clean…

Every property in unincorporated Newton County, including unimproved and vacant lots, must meet the standards of the…

In Paulding County, grass, weeds, and uncultivated vegetation may not exceed 18 inches on subdivision properties that…

Unincorporated Rockdale County caps grass and weeds at ten inches on any parcel under Code § 78-13. Owners get an…

Roswell's nuisance code treats an unsecured vacant lot that could attract trespassers, vagrants, or unlawful activity…

Every owner, tenant or agent of property in South Fulton, vacant lots included, must keep it clean and sanitary and cut…

When litter or overgrown vegetation on an unoccupied, vacant or abandoned lot in unincorporated Walton County violates…