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DeKalb commissioners debate database versus mandatory rental registry
Summary
Commissioners asked legal staff whether a mandatory rental registry is permitted under Georgia law and weighed local alternatives such as capturing owner data from utility accounts, leases or business-license renewals while staff reports back on statutory limits and data availability.
At a special-call Ops meeting, DeKalb County commissioners debated whether to pursue a mandatory rental registry that would require owners to enroll or to instead build a comprehensive property-ownership database from existing local and public records.
Dan Baskerville, counsel with Dentons, summarized the legal constraint: "So, commissioner, the the state law on that is, pretty clear that what we cannot do is require people to, enroll in a rental registry." He said the county can, however, determine owner and tenant information…
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