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# O.C.G.A. § 22-3-21. Payment of compensation or damages.

In fixing the compensation or damage for both actual and consequential damages, either or both shall be paid by the persons seeking to condemn property as provided in this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 272, § 1; Code 1933, § 36-802.