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…

Alpharetta treats any occupied or vacant building that is structurally unsafe, fire-prone, overcrowded, or a health…

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…

The Barrow County Nuisance Abatement Ordinance (chapter 22, article III) lets the county marshal bring an in rem case…

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

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Sec. 16-203 declares a public nuisance any dwelling, building or structure that…

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

Catoosa County's zoning administrator, acting as public officer under Catoosa County Code § 18-124, investigates…

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…

Unincorporated Dougherty County uses a formal in rem court process, not simple citations, to force repair or demolition…

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

Effingham County's Article III unfit-buildings code, Sec. 14-71 through 14-81, lets the county force repair, closing or…

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…

Glynn County's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance lets the county declare a dilapidated, unsafe or code-violating dwelling…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the Gordon County Code lets the public nuisance officer order an unfit…

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…

Unincorporated Jackson County can order the repair, closing or demolition of any dwelling, building or structure that…

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…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, Section 80-23 declares illegal any building or structure with conditions that endanger…

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

A dwelling, building, structure, or lot in unincorporated Spalding County that violates county codes, is unfit for…

The Stonecrest Blighted Property Ordinance, Sec. 7-250 et seq., lets the city multiply the ad valorem tax rate by ten…

Troup County declares any building, structure or electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system that is unsafe…

Under the Blighted and Derelict Property Ordinance, any blighted or derelict building or land use in unincorporated…

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…

Unincorporated Bulloch County declares a broad list of blighted conditions a nuisance, including dead animals, junk…

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…

Alpharetta requires every owner of a dwelling, building, structure or property to keep it in conformance with city…

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…

Every owner of private or public property in unincorporated Barrow County, developed or vacant, must keep it free and…

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

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Sec. 16-193 bars dead or hazardous trees, shrubs, ground cover and weeds that…

Unincorporated Bulloch County bars letting trash, junk, abandoned vehicles or unsafe manufactured homes accumulate on…

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

In unincorporated Catoosa County, weeds or grass over 12 inches on average, or dead-weed and brush accumulations that…

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…

Vacant and abandoned lots in unincorporated Dougherty County fall under the same 12-inch vegetation nuisance rule as…

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…

Unincorporated Glynn County bars dumping litter on open or vacant land under County Code § 2-16-243.3, whether or not…

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…

Every vacant structure and every vacant lot in unincorporated Jackson County must be kept clean, safe, secure and…

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…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, the owner of a vacant lot carries the same duty as any building owner to keep the…

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

In unincorporated Spalding County, developed property of five acres or less, including vacant subdivision lots, must…

Stonecrest's property maintenance chapter reaches vacant land, not just buildings: section 18-2 says the chapter 'also…

In unincorporated Troup County, an owner of vacant or undeveloped land must keep it from becoming a breeding place for…

Unimproved and vacant land in unincorporated Walker County is covered by the same public-nuisance standard as occupied…

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