Public Conduct in Georgia (2026)

Chatham County bans begging outright in specific public spaces: Sec. 11-105 makes it unlawful to beg or solicit money…

Clayton County bans anyone from standing in or entering a street, roadway or highway to solicit money or anything of…

Henry County makes it unlawful to beg or solicit financial aid on any street or in any public park in the…

Warner Robins bans aggressive panhandling, begging, and charitable or political solicitation citywide at any time. Even…

Acworth Code § 54-5 permits ordinary begging or soliciting but bans it by "accosting" another or "forcing oneself upon…

The City of Alpharetta defines aggressive panhandling by six specific behaviors, including unwanted physical contact…

Atlanta bans aggressive monetary solicitation citywide: blocking someone's path, following them, touching them, or…

Augusta-Richmond County bans aggressive panhandling in two named districts. Code Sec. 3-7-1(x) prohibits threatening or…

Bartow County Code § 44-373 bans anyone from standing on a highway or public street to solicit contributions, business…

Sec. 18-73 bars soliciting money in the City of Brookhaven, Georgia by accosting someone or forcing oneself upon their…

Cherokee County makes aggressive panhandling and solicitation within 15 feet of any bank, ATM, or check-cashing…

Unincorporated Cobb County bans panhandling, soliciting or distributing materials to occupants of vehicles stopped on…

Columbia County bans aggressive panhandling and layers on strict no-solicit zones: no begging within 30 feet of an ATM…

Decatur, Georgia's aggressive panhandling ordinance bans coercive solicitation tactics like blocking, following or…

Dunwoody bans aggressive panhandling anywhere in the city and separately bars solicitation for money within 15 feet of…

Forsyth County has no stand-alone criminal ordinance against aggressive begging, but its Unified Development Code bans…

Gwinnett County bans aggressive panhandling outright and layers on location-specific bans: no soliciting within 20 feet…

Hall County bans aggressive or intimidating solicitation on streets and highways outright, restricts street…

Johns Creek bans aggressive panhandling and solicitation for personal gain in any public area, plus buffer rules near…

Macon-Bibb County bans "aggressive solicitation" under County Code Sec. 16-38(d), covering blocking someone's path…

In unincorporated Newton County it is unlawful to stand or enter a highway or public street to solicit money, business…

Roswell, Georgia bans aggressive panhandling citywide and prohibits all solicitation within 15 feet of banks, ATMs, and…

Sandy Springs bans aggressive panhandling anywhere in the city and prohibits ordinary panhandling in specific…

South Fulton bans aggressive panhandling anywhere in a public area and bars solo-benefit solicitation on transit…

City Code § 16-22 makes it unlawful in the City of Stonecrest to aggressively beg, panhandle or solicit through…

In unincorporated Glynn County, soliciting money or goods is barred in public areas outright and further restricted by…

Atlanta bans defecating or urinating on streets, sidewalks, building halls and elevators, or any property in public…

Chatham County's disorderly conduct ordinance bans defecating or urinating on any street, lane or sidewalk in the…

It is a straight misdemeanor in unincorporated DeKalb County to urinate or defecate on or near any street or sidewalk…

City Code § 24-105 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on Dunwoody streets or sidewalks, in the halls or elevators…

It is unlawful in Johns Creek, Fulton County, Georgia to urinate or defecate on public streets, sidewalks, or property…

Roswell, Georgia makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, in the halls or elevators of public…

Sandy Springs makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on public streets, sidewalks, in the halls or elevators of any…

It is unlawful in South Fulton to urinate or defecate on the streets or sidewalks, in the halls or elevators of public…

City Code § 16-26 makes it unlawful in the City of Stonecrest to defecate or urinate on or near any street or sidewalk…

The City of Alpharetta bans defecating or urinating on or adjacent to any street, alley, or sidewalk, on property open…

Cobb County lists urinating or defecating in public as banned disorderly conduct within any county park or recreation…

Columbus, Georgia makes it a crime to urinate or defecate on streets, sidewalks, building halls, elevators, or any…

Sec. 42-6(13) of the county's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it unlawful in unincorporated Effingham County to…

Urinating or defecating in public is expressly listed as unlawful conduct in Fayette County parks and recreation…

Marietta makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate, or otherwise discard human waste anywhere exposed to public view or in…

Section 34-31(11) of the Code of Walton County makes it unlawful to defecate or urinate on or adjacent to any street or…

Whitfield County's parks ordinance lists urinating or defecating in public among the disorderly acts barred in any…

Macon-Bibb County bars roller skates and any "coaster or similar toy vehicle," a category that covers skateboard-type…

Augusta-Richmond County bans skateboard and skate use on streets, sidewalks, parks, and medians in the downtown area…

Skateboarding and skating are banned outright in every Columbus, Georgia roadway used for vehicular traffic, no matter…

Skateboards may only be ridden in designated areas at Coweta County parks and recreation facilities. Section 46-32(9)…

Fulton County bans riding, carrying or pushing skateboards, bicycles and scooters through trails, sidewalks, plazas…

Johns Creek bans skateboarding on any street, lane, road or parking lot inside a city park unless signage or published…

Marietta bars riding skateboards, skates, roller blades, or bicycles in public parks, the central business district…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, Sec. 90-36 makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, bicycle, roller skates or similar…

Acworth Code § 58-3(a)(18) confines skateboards, bicycles, e-bikes, scooters and skates in city parks to posted areas…

The City of Alpharetta bans operating skateboards or longboards on public alleyways, sidewalks, parking lots and…

Cherokee County limits skateboards, scooters, skates and bicycles in county parks and recreation facilities to areas…

Decatur, Georgia bans skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and coasters on the streets, sidewalks and municipal…

Unincorporated DeKalb County bars anyone on roller skates or riding coasters, toy vehicles or similar devices from…

Dunwoody's traffic code lets bicycles use city sidewalks but bars anyone from riding a bike or propelling skateboards…

Skateboards, scooters, bicycles and roller blades may only be used in areas Forsyth County designates for them inside…

On St. Simons Island, Glynn County bars riding, driving or taking bicycles, skateboards, scooters or unauthorized…

Roswell, Georgia bans skateboarding on streets or sidewalks in a way that endangers the public, and prohibits it on any…

Sandy Springs bans reckless or disruptive skateboarding, roller skating, and bicycle riding on public streets…

South Fulton bans reckless skateboarding on streets and sidewalks and lets the city post signs banning it outright on…

Atlanta has no citywide skateboarding ban, but it's illegal on Civic Center sidewalks and plaza, off-limits at named…

Clayton County's Code of Ordinances names roller skates, roller blades and skateboarders as authorized users of the…

Paulding County lets skateboarders use county recreation paths alongside pedestrians, bicycles and roller skates under…

In the City of Stonecrest, skateboarding is banned on the streets, lanes and parking lots inside recreation facilities…

Acworth makes it a violation for anyone controlling a home or other private property to knowingly let a party continue…

Fayette County's social host ordinance makes any person in control of private property criminally liable for a…

Henry County makes it a crime to run a disorderly house. Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-4-212 bars anyone from keeping…

Johns Creek prohibits loud or unruly gatherings of two or more people in or near residential neighborhoods, declaring…

Roswell treats loud or unruly gatherings within 500 feet of a residence as a public nuisance and can cite the property…

A single-family home used as a 'Party House' in Stonecrest needs a Special Administrative Permit and an occupation tax…

Atlanta's noise ordinance makes the adult host of a party personally liable if the noise carries 300 feet past the…

Augusta-Richmond County makes it unlawful for whoever is in charge of a party on private property to let noise carry…

Making loud, boisterous or unreasonable noise that disturbs others near any public road, park or common area is…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Sec. 16-209 makes it an offense to keep a disorderly house or to let boisterous…

A Cherokee County property owner or occupant who lets a gathering continue while knowing an underage guest is drinking…

Clayton County treats a home hosting loud parties, gunfire, or other disturbances more than four times in twelve months…

Glynn County holds the adult in charge of a party or social event liable for its noise. Whoever resides at, rents or is…

In unincorporated Gwinnett County, outdoor party noise at a residence can't be plainly audible 300+ feet away 8 a.m.-10…

Macon-Bibb County bans yelling, shouting, singing, or other noise from a residence that is audible in a nearby home…

A loud party in South Fulton becomes a 'disorderly place' violation under Sec. 15-2010 once it is tied to unlawful…

Troup County Code Sec. 6-452 makes any property owner or occupant who knows, or reasonably should know, that underage…

Warner Robins makes the adult in charge of a private party responsible if it produces noise audible 300 feet or more…

Atlanta bans loitering or prowling around parking lots and vehicles when a person acts suspiciously, such as trying…

Unincorporated Barrow County makes loitering or prowling a chargeable offense under Code section 58-2 when a person is…

Chatham County makes loitering or prowling a crime when someone is in a place, at a time, or acting in a manner unusual…

Cobb County's disorderly conduct ordinance bars loitering, prowling or remaining in a place in a manner unusual for…

Columbus, Georgia makes it unlawful to idle, stand, loiter, or loaf on streets, sidewalks, bridges, parks, and public…

Coweta County makes it unlawful to idle, loiter or loaf in bars, hotels, billiard rooms, streets, sidewalks or any…

Occupying, blocking, or "inappropriately using" a public area in unincorporated Glynn County, outside Jekyll Island, is…

Paulding County makes it a misdemeanor under Code of Ordinances Sec. 46-1 to loiter on property open to the public…

South Fulton bans loitering on public property or on private property open to the public whenever it breaches the…

Whitfield County Code Sec. 10-1 bans loitering on premises open to the public without a legitimate purpose, breach of…

Acworth Code § 54-4 makes it unlawful to loiter or idle in city-owned parks, public areas and buildings between 11:00…

The City of Alpharetta bans being in a place at a time or in a manner unusual for law-abiding people under…

Augusta-Richmond County prohibits loitering on any street, sidewalk or crossing that obstructs free passage, once the…

Bartow County Code § 62-176 bans loitering on and about any county solid waste management facility in unincorporated…

Sec. 18-10 makes it unlawful in the City of Brookhaven, Georgia to be in a place at a time or in a manner not usual for…

Unincorporated Bulloch County has no standalone loitering statute, but disorderly conduct under Code § 10-2(a)(17)…

Catoosa County's only codified loitering ban applies at the county's solid waste management facilities, not countywide…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Cherokee County to loiter, loaf, wander, or remain idle in a public place in a way…

Clayton County makes it a misdemeanor to loiter on public property, or on private property open to the public, in a way…

Columbia County makes it a criminal offense to loiter or prowl in a place, at a time, or in a manner not usual for…

Decatur, Georgia makes loitering or prowling a municipal offense whenever someone is present at a place, time or in a…

Unincorporated DeKalb bars loitering around churches, theaters, hotels, convenience stores and sidewalks after a police…

City Code § 24-8 makes it unlawful to be in a place at a time or manner unusual for law-abiding people under…

Sec. 42-6(12) of the county's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it unlawful in unincorporated Effingham County to…

Unincorporated Fayette County bans loitering or prowling in a manner not usual for law-abiding people when the…

Fulton County treats loitering as a police-discretion offense in unincorporated areas: Code § 46-141(a) makes it…

Gwinnett County makes it unlawful to loiter or prowl anywhere in a way that raises a reasonable, justified alarm for…

Henry County's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it unlawful for anyone to linger or loiter along public sidewalks…

In unincorporated Jackson County it is unlawful to loiter or prowl in a place, time, or manner unusual for law-abiding…

Standing, congregating or remaining on a Johns Creek street, sidewalk or overpass so as to block foot or vehicle…

Macon-Bibb County makes it a crime to loiter or prowl "in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding…

Marietta makes it unlawful under Code § 10-4-140 to loiter in a public place under circumstances manifesting an intent…

Unincorporated Newton County makes it an offense to be present at a time or in a manner unusual for law-abiding people…

Unincorporated Rockdale County makes loitering a citable offense when someone is in a place, at a time, or acting in a…

Roswell makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf, or remain idle in a public place in a way that obstructs streets, sidewalks…

Sandy Springs bans loitering and prowling under City Code § 38-63: being in a place, at a time, or in a manner unusual…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, Sec. 66-11 makes loitering or prowling an offense when a person is in a place at a time…

City Code § 16-29 makes it unlawful in the City of Stonecrest to be in a place, at a time or in a manner unusual for…

In unincorporated Walton County, loitering in front of a church during services, a theater or a business after a police…

Warner Robins makes it unlawful to loiter around churches, theaters, hotels, sidewalks or streets after a police…

Houston County's loitering rule only takes effect once the board chair signs a declaration of local emergency: Section…

Sec. 32-5 of the Alpharetta Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to use any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes…

Smoking and vaping are banned in every Atlanta park, athletic field, trail, golf course, and other city recreational…

Smoking or using any tobacco product, including snuff and chewing tobacco, is unlawful in any Clayton County park. The…

Cobb County Code § 90-63(b) bans smoking and vaping throughout every county-owned, leased, or operated park, sports…

Coweta County bans smoking, tobacco use, and any vapor device on every county-owned public property, including parks…

Smoking or using tobacco products anywhere in a Fayette County park or recreation facility, indoors or out, is a…

Fulton County Code § 50-50 bans smoking and vaping everywhere on county property, indoors and outdoors, covering…

Johns Creek bans smoking, vaping, and all tobacco or vapor products in every city park, under Code of Ordinances §…

Acworth Code § 58-3(a)(9) bans smoking or using any tobacco product, including smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes and vape…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Sec. 13-20 prohibits smoking, including e-cigarettes, in outdoor recreational…

Chatham County's Smoke-free Air Ordinance of 2012 bans smoking in numerous outdoor areas, including within 10 feet of…

Decatur, Georgia's Clean Air Ordinance bars smoking in all public places, places of employment and public parks, and…

DeKalb County's Smoke-Free Air Ordinance bans smoking in outdoor recreational public places and common areas, and also…

Every park and recreation area in unincorporated Effingham County becomes a no-smoking zone once the Board of…

Forsyth County bans smoking, vaping, chewing or dipping tobacco anywhere inside a county park or recreation facility…

Marietta bars smoking, vaping, or burning any combustible substance, including cigars, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and…

Unincorporated Newton County bans tobacco use, including e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, in every county-owned or…

Smoking and using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, is illegal in every city park in…

In the City of Stonecrest, smoking is banned outdoors wherever the public gathers, not just indoors. Sec. 18-74…

Cherokee County bans smoking, vaping, and burning any combustible substance within 25 feet of a playground, picnic…

Columbia County bans smoking in enclosed public places, workplaces and sports arenas countywide, plus within ten feet…

City Code § 24-72 lets people smoke outdoors but only at least 20 feet from any entrance to a public place or place of…

Floyd County bans smoking and tobacco use, including vapes and e-cigarettes, inside any county facility, and Sec…

Glynn County's Smoke-free Air Ordinance bars smoking within 25 feet outside any enclosed public facility where smoking…

Rockdale County's Smoke-free Air Ordinance, Code §§ 42-121 to 42-138, bans smoking in every enclosed public place and…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, it is unlawful to smoke anywhere on city-owned or city-controlled property, parks…

South Fulton bans smoking within 25 feet of bleachers, dugouts, pools, restrooms, playgrounds and sports field…

Smoking is banned inside every enclosed county-owned, leased or operated building in Whitfield County under Code §…

Augusta-Richmond County does not ban smoking in outdoor public places like parks or patios: only a reasonable buffer…

Barrow County bans smoking, indoors and outdoors, on every property the county itself owns or operates. Sec. 2-4…

Bartow County does not ban outdoor smoking countywide. Instead, §50-76(12) makes it disorderly conduct to smoke in any…

Catoosa County's only outdoor smoking restriction sits inside its solid waste code: Sec. 66-41(d)(1) bans smoking and…

Paulding County allows smoking in outdoor areas of county-owned, leased, or operated property under Code of Ordinances…

Outside a marked crosswalk or another official traffic-control device, Augusta-Richmond County requires a pedestrian to…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Code § 17-298 bars pedestrians from crossing any street or roadway in a business…

Unincorporated DeKalb County requires pedestrians to use a crosswalk when crossing in a business district or on a…

Crossing a State or Federal highway outside a marked crosswalk is illegal in unincorporated Glynn County whenever the…

In the City of Stonecrest, pedestrians in a business district or on designated streets must use a crosswalk to cross…

Clayton County requires pedestrians in the unincorporated county to cross streets at right angles on marked crosswalks…

Paulding County has no separate jaywalking ordinance; it enforces pedestrian crossing rules by adopting the state's…

Augusta-Richmond County ordinance makes it unlawful to possess, smoke, or distribute marijuana anywhere in the county…

City Code § 24-10 makes it unlawful to possess or control one ounce or less of marijuana anywhere in Dunwoody…

Gwinnett County makes possessing one ounce or less of marijuana anywhere in the county, including in public, a…

Henry County Code § 3-13-4(13)a bans lighting, burning, or carrying any cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant, or other…

Unincorporated Rockdale County makes it unlawful to possess one ounce or less of marijuana anywhere in the…

City Code § 16-54 makes it unlawful in the City of Stonecrest to possess one ounce or less of marijuana anywhere in the…

Warner Robins routes small-quantity marijuana cases through its own municipal court rather than state court. Sec…

Atlanta decriminalized small-amount marijuana possession in 2017: anyone caught with one ounce or less within city…

Chatham County decriminalized small-scale marijuana possession within its own ordinance: Sec. 11-202 caps the fine for…

Clayton County decriminalized possessing less than one ounce of marijuana under Sec. 62-48, effective September 2…

Unincorporated Fulton County treats first-time possession of under an ounce of marijuana as a $75 civil fine option…

Macon-Bibb County decriminalized small-quantity marijuana possession: under County Code Sec. 16-9, possessing less than…

Bartow County Code § 70-62 makes it unlawful to possess an open container of alcohol while driving or riding in a…

In unincorporated Bulloch County it is unlawful to drink or possess an open container of any alcoholic beverage on a…

Coweta County outlaws possessing an open alcohol container on any public street, sidewalk, park, or parking lot, and on…

Unincorporated DeKalb County bars drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in any public area, with one narrow…

Fayette County Code § 4-100 bans possessing an open container of alcohol almost anywhere in the unincorporated county…

Unincorporated Floyd County bars drinking, bringing, or possessing alcohol at any Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation…

Under the Glynn County Open Container Ordinance, no driver or passenger may have an open container or broken package of…

Unincorporated Newton County bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on a street, alley, sidewalk or other public way, and…

Roswell, Georgia bans possessing or consuming alcohol in any city park or in a building run by the Recreation, Parks…

Acworth bans drinking alcohol on streets, sidewalks, parks and other public places citywide, and bars anyone from…

Alpharetta bans public alcohol consumption citywide under Code of Ordinances Section 4-369, prohibiting drinking on…

Atlanta bans drinking alcohol on streets, sidewalks, parking areas and MARTA station grounds under Code § 10-8, with a…

Augusta-Richmond County bans drinking or carrying an open container of beer, wine, or liquor on public streets…

Sec. 18-11 makes it unlawful in the City of Brookhaven, Georgia to appear on a street, in a public place or in a place…

Clayton County bans drinking alcohol on any public way, including sidewalks, streets, and private parking areas open to…

Cobb County bans selling, possessing, or drinking alcohol in county parks and on school grounds, with narrow exceptions…

Columbia County bars anyone from leaving a building where alcohol is sold with an open container, and bans loitering or…

Columbus, Georgia bans drinking alcoholic beverages on any street, sidewalk, park, playground, or public property, and…

The City of Decatur, Georgia bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public street, sidewalk…

Dunwoody bans drinking alcoholic beverages on city streets, sidewalks, parking areas, and MARTA station grounds, and…

Unincorporated Forsyth County bans carrying alcohol off a licensed bar or restaurant and bans bringing your own bottle…

Possessing, using, consuming or selling alcohol in any Hall County-owned or operated recreation facility is unlawful…

Henry County bans drinking or being intoxicated in any county park or recreational area under Code § 3-13-4(6), with…

Houston County bans drinking alcohol at its own public boat landing on the Ocmulgee River, along with firearms…

Drinking or carrying an open alcoholic beverage on Johns Creek streets, sidewalks, parking areas, malls, or in city…

Macon-Bibb County bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk…

It is unlawful to drink or attempt to drink any alcoholic beverage from a can, bottle, glass, cup or container on…

Sandy Springs bans drinking alcohol on city streets, sidewalks, alleys and parking areas, and within 100 feet of a…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, open alcohol on the street is legal only inside a Mayor and Council restaurant…

In the City of Stonecrest, drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in a City park is prohibited unless the…

In unincorporated Troup County, Georgia, drinking or holding an open container of alcohol in any public area is…

It's unlawful in Warner Robins to drink or carry an open container of alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, or…

Whitfield County Code § 3-21 bans open containers of alcohol in the unincorporated area: no malt beverage, wine, or…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Barrow County to possess an open alcohol container on public streets, sidewalks…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, customers cannot leave a licensed bar or restaurant with an open alcoholic…

Chatham County bans knowingly possessing an open container of alcohol while driving or riding in a vehicle anywhere in…

Cherokee County bans possessing or drinking an open container of alcohol on unincorporated-area streets, sidewalks and…

Fulton County bans opening or drinking any alcoholic beverage within 100 feet of a package retail store, or anywhere on…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, it is unlawful to possess an open container of alcohol while driving, or…

In unincorporated Gwinnett County, it's a violation to possess or appear to drink alcohol on the premises of any…

In unincorporated Rockdale County it is unlawful to appear intoxicated on streets, roads, or county property, or in any…

South Fulton bans opening or drinking alcohol in a vehicle, in an unlicensed business, or within 100 feet of a package…

Unincorporated Spalding County's alcohol offense rule doesn't ban drinking in public generally; instead Sec. 11-1004…