--- title: O.C.G.A. § 32-3-30. Power of department to acquire rights of way and easements. collection: code id: 32-3-30 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 32-3-30 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-30 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-30.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-30/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=b4b1408c_0#page=128 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-20.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-31.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES / ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES / ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR FEDERAL PARKWAYS --- # O.C.G.A. § 32-3-30. Power of department to acquire rights of way and easements. The department shall have the authority and is empowered to acquire, either by condemnation, purchase, gift, or other methods, rights of way and easements necessary to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations of the United States government for the construction of federal parkways in Georgia. ## History Ga. L. 1967, p. 604, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 982, § 1. ## Cross References Easements generally, T. 44, C. 9.