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title: O.C.G.A. § 32-3-2. Acquisition procedure generally; recording order and judgment or instrument of conveyance; filing order and judgment or instrument in records of department.
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# O.C.G.A. § 32-3-2. Acquisition procedure generally; recording order and judgment or instrument of conveyance; filing order and judgment or instrument in records of department.

All acquisition of property or interests for public road and other transportation purposes shall proceed under the methods set out in this article and in Title 22. Any instrument which conveys such property or interest to or any order and judgment which vests such property or interest in a state agency, county, or municipality shall be recorded in the name of the agency, county, or municipality in each county wherein the property or interest may lie, notwithstanding Code Section 50-16-3. In the case of property or interests acquired by the department, the instrument or order and judgment shall also be kept in the records of the department. Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 shall not apply to property or interests acquired under the authority of this article.

## History

Code 1933, § 95A-602, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Southern Ry. v. State Hwy. Dep’t, 219 Ga. 435, 134 S.E.2d 12 (1963), see 1 Ga. St. B. J. 242 (1964).