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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-3-3. When new boundary lines deemed established.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-3-3. When new boundary lines deemed established.

When all the proceedings have been had in the manner prescribed in Code Sections 36-3-1 and 36-3-2 and when the same have been fairly recorded by the judges of the probate courts on the minutes of their respective courts, the new line or lines shall be held to have been established in lieu of the original line or lines.

## History

Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 52, § 3; Code 1882, § 508r; Civil Code 1895, § 384; Civil Code 1910, § 470; Code 1933, § 23-303.

## Cross References

Rerecording of deeds, mortgages, or other papers to land affected by change in county boundaries, § 44-2-13.