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How it works

1. Find the address. We place it on the map with address-lookup services (Geoapify, with OpenStreetMap as backup). The pin can land on the street instead of the house, so drag it, or tap the map, to put it on the property.
2. Find nearby places. We look up schools, child care, churches, parks, libraries, pools and community centers in the SettledGA places database. It combines Georgia's licensed child care list, the federal school lists, OpenStreetMap (a free community-made map) and Overture business listings. Places only one source lists are marked “verify” rather than counted as violations. In Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Cherokee counties, distances start at the home's property line from the county's tax parcel map; elsewhere they start at the pin. Areas not in the database yet are checked against live OpenStreetMap data.
3. Measure. Anything within 1,000 ft is a violation. Places just past the line are caution, because map distances are approximate and the law measures property line to property line.
4. Verify. Print or save the summary and take it to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Only they can confirm an address.

What we check

Which places count depends on when the offense happened (O.C.G.A. §§ 42-1-15, 42-1-16, 42-1-17). Choose it under Offense date.

Definitions we follow

• Schools are kindergarten through 12th grade. Colleges and universities don't count.
• Distance is 1,000 ft, measured property line to property line.

What we can't check yet

• School bus stops.
• In-home daycares (family child care learning homes). The law may not cover them; ask the agency that supervises you.
• Children's group homes (long-term care facilities for children).
• Subdivision pools and clubhouses that no source lists.
• Places no source lists, such as some small rural churches and brand-new daycares.

Privacy

• No account, no ads, no tracking cookies.
• Address lookups pass through our server to Geoapify, which finds the address on the map. We don't store or log what you type. To find places near the pin, the pin's position goes to our server, which looks them up in our own database; nothing is stored. In areas not in the database yet, your browser asks OpenStreetMap services directly; like any website, they see the map area and your IP address. Map images come from OpenStreetMap and fonts from Google Fonts.
• Property lines. In counties that publish their tax parcel maps (Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Cherokee so far), our server asks the county's public parcel map which parcel the pin is on. Only the pin's position and the house number are sent; we keep nothing.
• County (optional). If you choose one when you agree to the terms, we add one to a count for that county for the month. Nothing else is stored with it, not your IP address and not your searches.
• Searches by county. Each new search adds one to a monthly count for the county it's in. We don't keep the address, the map position, your IP address, or anything else about the search. These counts tell us which areas to update first.
• Human check: Cloudflare Turnstile confirms you're a person when you open the site. Cloudflare sees your browser's details to do this; we only get a yes or no.
• Daily search limit: we count searches using a scrambled code of your connection that changes every day and expires overnight. We don't store your IP address.
• Offense date stays in your browser. It's never sent or saved.
• Recent checks are off unless you turn them on, and even then they're kept only in this browser.
• Issue reports email us only what you type into the form.

Recent checks

Saved only in this browser and never sent anywhere. Anyone who uses this device could see them, so leave this off on a shared or work computer.

Legal basis

O.C.G.A. § 42-1-15 restricts where people on Georgia's registry may live: not within 1,000 ft of a child care facility, church, school, or area where minors congregate, measured from property boundary to property boundary. Which places count depends on the offense date (O.C.G.A. §§ 42-1-15, 42-1-16, 42-1-17).

Results are based on publicly available map data, which may be incomplete or inaccurate. SettledGA is not affiliated with any law enforcement agency, community supervision office, or government body. This is not legal advice. Always verify with appropriate law enforcement before committing to any address.

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