Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 5. ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY · Article 1. GRANTS FROM STATE

44-5-2. How land in state held.

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All realty in this state is held under the state as the original owner thereof. It is free from all rent or service and is limited only by the right of eminent domain which remains in the state.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2200; Code 1868, § 2195; Code 1873, § 2221; Code 1882, § 2221; Civil Code 1895, § 3051; Civil Code 1910, § 3623; Code 1933, § 85-202.

Cross references

State ownership of wildlife found in state, § 27-1-3.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 378; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.