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title: O.C.G.A. § 22-3-61. Condemnation procedure.
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heading_path: EMINENT DOMAIN / EXERCISE OF POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES / CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEMS
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# O.C.G.A. § 22-3-61. Condemnation procedure.

If a person seeking to exercise the power of eminent domain under this article fails to procure, by contract, title to the land necessary or proper for the construction and successful operation of a waterworks or sanitary sewerage system, or both, and the parties cannot agree upon the damage done, the same shall be assessed as provided in Chapter 2 of this title.

## History

Ga. L. 1889, p. 184, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2408; Civil Code 1910, § 2924; Code 1933, § 36-902; Ga. L. 1990, p. 731, § 1.