41-2-1. Authorization and procedure for abatement of nuisances generally.

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Upon filing of a petition as provided in Code Section 41-2-2, any nuisance which tends to the immediate annoyance of the public in general, is manifestly injurious to the public health or safety, or tends greatly to corrupt the manners and morals of the public may be abated by order of a judge of the superior court of the county in which venue is proper.

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

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 817; Code 1863, § 3995; Code 1868, § 4023; Code 1873, § 4094; Code 1882, § 4094; Civil Code 1895, § 4760; Civil Code 1910, § 5329; Code 1933, § 72-201; Ga. L. 1980, p. 620, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 867, § 1.

Cross references

Abatement of hazard resulting from abandoned well or hole, § 44-1-14.

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