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title: Title 22, Chapter 2. Condemnation Procedure Generally
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heading: CONDEMNATION PROCEDURE GENERALLY
title_heading: EMINENT DOMAIN
section_count: 57
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# Title 22, Chapter 2. Condemnation Procedure Generally

Title 22. Eminent Domain

57 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 22-2-1, ‘‘Condemnor’’ defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-1.md
- 22-2-20, Persons entitled to receive notice generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-20.md
- 22-2-21, Direction of notice where owner a minor or under disability; appointment of guardian ad litem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-21.md
- 22-2-22, Serving notice on trustees of trust property and remaindermen, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-22.md
- 22-2-23, Direction of notice where owner or guardian a nonresident; representation by judge of the probate court of nonresident owners and others whose addresses are unknown, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-23.md
- 22-2-24, Direction of notice where owner unknown or where unknown remaindermen possible; right of owner to second assessment upon his appearance; return of surplus award to condemnor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-24.md
- 22-2-25, Manner and time of service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-25.md
- 22-2-26, Contents of notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-26.md
- 22-2-40, Selection of assessors generally; authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-40.md
- 22-2-41, Selection of assessor by judge of the probate court; selection of assessor; rights of owners in selecting assessor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-41.md
- 22-2-42, Failure of parties’ nominees to select third assessor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-42.md
- 22-2-43, Oath of assessors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-43.md
- 22-2-60, Fixing of time for hearing by assessors; notification of parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-60.md
- 22-2-61, Power of assessors to subpoena and to compel attendance; right of parties to be represented, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-61.md
- 22-2-62, Evidence to be heard by assessors generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-62.md
- 22-2-63, Manner of assessment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-63.md
- 22-2-64, Entry of findings by assessors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-64.md
- 22-2-65, Filing and recording of award, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-65.md
- 22-2-80, Appeal to jury in superior court generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-80.md
- 22-2-81, Effect of appeal on condemnor’s right to use condemned property or interest; payment, tender, or deposit of award as condition on condemnor’s right to use property or interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-81.md
- 22-2-82, Effect of tender, payment, or acceptance of assessors’ award on right of appeal; effect of discrepancy between award and final judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-82.md
- 22-2-83, Issuance of execution on award or judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-83.md
- 22-2-84, Entry of notice and award on minutes of court; payment of costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-84.md
- 22-2-84.1, Appeals to superior court from assessor’s award; reasonable expenses; liability of costs relating to issues of law, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-84.1.md
- 22-2-85, Extent of interest obtainable by condemnor upon condemnation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-85.md
- 22-2-86, Manner of payment where owner a minor or under disability and without a legal representative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-86.md
- 22-2-100, ‘‘Condemning body’’ and ‘‘condemnor’’ defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-100.md
- 22-2-101, Effect of article on other methods of condemnation; intent of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-101.md
- 22-2-102, Requirements for condemnation; time of hearing; directions for notice and service; attachment of process to petition; cause to proceed in rem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-102.md
- 22-2-102.1, Petitioning superior court for judgment in rem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-102.1.md
- 22-2-102.2, Contents of petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-102.2.md
- 22-2-103, Appointment of special master generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-103.md
- 22-2-104, Appointment of special master form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-104.md
- 22-2-105, Oath of special master, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-105.md
- 22-2-106, Compensation of special master; allowance by judge of reasonable time for special master to inspect premises, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-106.md
- 22-2-107, Service of process; award by special master and judgment of court conclusive as to right of condemnor to take or damage property or interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-107.md
- 22-2-108, Powers and duties of special master generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-108.md
- 22-2-108.1, Special master panel; selection; notice; powers and duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-108.1.md
- 22-2-109, Factors to be considered in determining or estimating just and adequate compensation; determination of date of taking; inclusion of date of approval of original location of highway in petition for condemnation; newspaper advertisement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-109.md
- 22-2-110, Award of special master and special master panel; time of filing; award to become part of record of proceedings; vesting of title in condemnor upon deposit of award into court; form of award; use in subsequent appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-110.md
- 22-2-111, Incorporation of award into judgment of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-111.md
- 22-2-112, Appeal of award generally; condemnee’s right to jury trial on issue of just and adequate compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-112.md
- 22-2-113, Prosecution of appeals; effect of discrepancy between award of special master and verdict of jury; issuance of execution upon award or judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-113.md
- 22-2-114, Effect of deposit of award into court registry; conflicting claims as to deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-114.md
- 22-2-130, Authority to petition superior court for judgment in rem; applicability to acquisition of public property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-130.md
- 22-2-131, Contents of petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-131.md
- 22-2-132, Order to appear; directions for notice and service thereof; attachment of process to petition; cause to proceed as in rem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-132.md
- 22-2-133, Service of process generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-133.md
- 22-2-134, Discretion of judge to cause additional notice or service to be given; notification of tax collector or tax commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-134.md
- 22-2-135, Appointment of assessors; discretion of judge to have issues tried in first instance by jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-135.md
- 22-2-136, Appeal from assessors’ award, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-136.md
- 22-2-137, Factors to be considered in determining or estimating just and adequate compensation; determination of date of taking; inclusion of date of approval of original location of highway in petition for condemnation; newspaper advertisement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-137.md
- 22-2-138, Scope of award or verdict; molding of award or verdict; power of court to adjudge condemnation of title upon deposit of amount of award or verdict into court; disposition of award by court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-138.md
- 22-2-139, Right of interested persons to intervene; effect of subsequent proceedings on rights of condemnor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-139.md
- 22-2-140, Notification of court by tax collector or tax commissioner of taxes due on property or interest; actions by court to discharge lien, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-140.md
- 22-2-141, Filing and recording of award, decree, and description of condemned property or interest or copies thereof; payment of fees to clerk of superior court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-141.md
- 22-2-142, Intent of article regarding effect on other methods of condemnation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/22-2-142.md