Georgia Code, Title 36, Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations, Article 2 - Enforcement Boards Created on or After January 1, 2003

• § 36-74-20 - Application
  The provisions of this article shall apply to enforcement boards created on or after January 1, 2003.
• § 36-74-21 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Code enforcement officer" means any person contracted with or employed by a county or municipality who...
• § 36-74-22 - Membership of Boards; Requirements of Members; Chairperson; Attorney's Role
  (a) The local governing body may appoint one or more code enforcement boards and legal counsel for the enforcement boards. The local governing body...
• § 36-74-23 - Initiating of Proceedings; Time to Correct Violations; Repeat Violations; Hearings
  (a) It shall be the duty of the code enforcement officer to initiate enforcement proceedings pursuant to the various codes; however, no member of...
• § 36-74-24 - Calling of Hearings; Hearing Proceedings
  (a) Upon request of the code enforcement officer, or at such other times as may be necessary, the chairperson of an enforcement board may...
• § 36-74-25 - Powers of Enforcement Boards
  Each enforcement board shall have the power to: (1) Adopt rules for the conduct of its hearings, which rules shall, at a minimum, ensure...
• § 36-74-26 - Administrative Fines; Public Record
  (a) An enforcement board, upon notification by the code enforcement officer that an order of the enforcement board has not been complied with by...
• § 36-74-27 - Length of Liens
  No lien imposed under this article shall continue for a period longer than 20 years after the certified copy of an order imposing a...
• § 36-74-28 - Appeals to Superior Court
  An aggrieved party, including the local governing body, may appeal a final administrative order of an enforcement board to the superior court. Such an...
• § 36-74-29 - Notice Required; Form of Notice
  (a) All notices required by this article shall be provided to the alleged violator by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested;...
• § 36-74-30 - Other Enforcement Methods; Probable Cause for Investigation Required
  (a) It is the intent of this article to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with local codes. Nothing contained in...

Last modified: October 14, 2016