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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-9-51. Establishment of private way by several landowners; duties and privileges of subsequent vendees.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-9-51. Establishment of private way by several landowners; duties and privileges of subsequent vendees.

Several landowners may join together in opening a private way or in maintaining it after establishment or both. When this has been done and has been entered on the official minutes of the county commission and the road deed file, the duties and privileges incident thereto shall extend to vendees of the same real estate.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 700; Code 1868, § 762; Code 1873, § 728; Code 1882, § 728; Civil Code 1895, § 669; Civil Code 1910, § 815; Code 1933, § 83-109.