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# O.C.G.A. § 36-74-48. Petition for review to superior court.

An aggrieved party, including the local governing body, may appeal a final administrative order of an enforcement board to the superior court of the county in which the subject property is located. Such an appeal shall be in the form of a petition for review governed by Chapter 3 of Title 5 and shall be heard on the record. A petition for review shall be filed within 30 days of the execution of the order to be appealed.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-74-48, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 581, § 2; Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 2-26/HB 916.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 3-1/HB 916, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section applicable to petitions for review filed in superior or state court on or after July 1, 2023.

## Amendments

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, substituted “petition for review” for “writ of certiorari” and “Chapter 3” for “Chapter 4” in the second sentence, and substituted “A petition for review” for “An appeal” at the beginning of the third sentence. See Editor’s notes for applicability.