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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-9-50. Recording of private way; protection of owner’s use.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-9-50. Recording of private way; protection of owner’s use.

When a private way becomes established, it shall be entered on and fully described on the official minutes of the county commission and the road deed file; and the owner thereof shall be entitled to be protected in the use of the same as a public road.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 699; Code 1868, § 761; Code 1873, § 727; Code 1882, § 727; Civil Code 1895, § 668; Civil Code 1910, § 814; Code 1933, § 83-108.