Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES · Chapter 6. REGULATION OF MAINTENANCE AND USE OF PUBLIC ROADS GENERALLY · Article 8. CONTROL OF JUNKYARDS

32-6-246. Abatement of nuisances.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Any junkyard which comes into existence after April 6, 1967, the establishment, operation, or maintenance of which is made unlawful by Code Section 32-6-241, is declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, or abated at the order of the commissioner. The department may then submit by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery a statement of the expenses of such removal, obliteration, or abatement to the person owning or operating such junkyard; and, if payment is not made to the department within 60 days of receipt thereof, the department shall certify the amount for collection to the Attorney General.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1967, p. 433, § 11; Code 1933, § 95A-910, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 2000 amendment was applicable to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Recommendations Regarding Control of Outdoor Advertising Along the Interstate Highway System in Georgia,’’ see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 308 (1963).

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