Walton County, GA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

04. The ordinance builds in a notice-and-cure process rather than punishing landowners the instant dumping is discovered: once the county gives written notification that litter or solid waste has been dumped on a person's property, that person is presumed to have violated the section unless, within 15 days, they give the county written assurance the waste will be properly disposed of within 30 days of the original notice, and then follow through with proof of disposal. A second path protects landowners who self-report: anyone who first tells the county in writing that illegal dumping happened on their land is not deemed to have violated the section if they provide written assurance the waste will be cleaned up within 45 days and later furnish proof.

Section 46-35(d) separately bars any licensee's agent or employee from dumping solid waste on private property or road rights-of-way while performing licensed collection work. Section 46-35(f) makes it a violation to let solid waste accumulate on residential or commercial property where it creates a health hazard, looks unsightly, or produces foul odors rising to a public or private nuisance, though using poultry or animal manure as fertilizer is expressly allowed. The county sanitation department administers these rules under section 46-46.