22-1-13. Compensation to condemnee for relocation damages and expenses.

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

In addition to the types of relocation damages permissible under law, any condemnee that is displaced as a result of the condemnation shall be entitled to:
(1)
Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself or herself, his or her family, business, farm operation, or other personal property within a reasonable distance from the property condemned;#
(2)
Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation;#
(3)
Such other relocation expenses as authorized by law; and#
(4)
With the consent of the condemnee, the condemnor may provide alternative site property as full or partial compensation.#

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

Code 1981, § 22-1-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 5/HB 1313.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 1/HB 1313, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as ‘The Landowner’s Bill of Rights and Private Property Protection Act.’’’ Ga. L. 2006, p. 39, § 25/HB 1313, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to those condemnation proceedings filed on or after February 9, 2006, where title has not vested in the condemning authority unless constitutionally prohibited.

Law reviews

For article on 2006 enactment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 157 (2006).

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