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# O.C.G.A. § 36-1-2. Extent of jurisdiction of counties divided by water.

Whenever a stream of water is the boundary of a county, the jurisdiction of the county shall extend to the center of the main channel of the stream, provided that whenever a stream of water is the boundary of a county and such stream or a bank thereof is the boundary of the State of Georgia, the jurisdiction of the county shall extend to that point which is the boundary of the state.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 39; Code 1868, § 37; Code 1873, § 35; Code 1882, § 35; Civil Code 1895, § 30; Civil Code 1910, § 32; Code 1933, § 23-102; Ga. L. 1984, p. 131, § 1.

## Cross References

Boundaries of counties generally, § 36-3-1 et seq.

Respective rights of owners of property divided by nonnavigable stream, § 44-8-2.

Boundaries of state generally, § 50-2-1 et seq.