Can my apartment manager keep doing weekly apartment inspections?

Can my apartment manager keep doing weekly apartment inspections?

I am a college student who lives in a mostly college student apartment complex that is basically for college students. It has no affiliation with the college and is not a dorm but has many of the same rules and regulations. The new apartment manager has started doing random checks of people’s apartments and issuing many hefty $100-$300 fines for simple things like dishes left on the oven or too much stuff in the living room. According to the head of maintenance here, the apartment manager is about to start doing weekly random checks of all apartments. I feel like this is an intrusion of my privacy, especially because they always come when I’m at work or school. Is there anything I can do or do I just have to put up with this and hope nobody he ever has with him steals anything.

Asked on May 2, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Georgia

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