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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 2. PERSONS AND THEIR RIGHTS

1-2-11. Rights of aliens generally; purchase, holding, and conveyance of realty.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Aliens are the subjects of foreign governments who have not been naturalized under the laws of the United States.#

  2. (b)

    Aliens who are subjects of governments at peace with the United States and this state, as long as their governments remain at peace with the United States and this state, shall be entitled to all the rights of citizens of other states who are temporarily in this state and shall have the privilege of purchasing, holding, and conveying real estate in this state except as provided by Code Section 2-1-7.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1785, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 364; Laws 1849, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 367; Code 1863, §§ 1592, 1593; Code 1868, §§ 1655, 1656; Code 1873, §§ 1660, 1661; Code 1882, §§ 1660, 1661; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1814, 1816; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2171, 2173; Code 1933, §§ 79-302, 79-303; Ga. L. 2024, p. 446, § 1/SB 420, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, added “except as provided by Code Section 2-1-7” at the end of subsection (b).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-3-(v3)-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, 2025 supplement, page 9; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 19703c1bece5.