--- title: O.C.G.A. § 46-8-124. Exercise of power of eminent domain by railroad corporations generally. collection: code id: 46-8-124 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 46-8-124 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-8-124 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-8-124.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-8-124/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=48adb3c4_0#page=720 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-8.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-8-123.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-8-125.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia heading_path: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION / RAILROAD COMPANIES / CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND REPAIR OF RAIL LINES, DEPOTS, AND ROADS --- # O.C.G.A. § 46-8-124. Exercise of power of eminent domain by railroad corporations generally. In the event a railroad company does not procure, by contract, lease, or purchase, the title to the lands, rights of way, or other property necessary for the construction or connection of the railroad and of such branches and extensions as are necessary or proper for the company to reach its freight or passenger depot in any city in this state or as are necessary to reach its wharves, docks, or other necessary terminal facilities, the company may construct its railroad over any lands, any rights of way, or the tracks of other railroads upon paying or tendering to the owner thereof, or to the legally authorized representative of such owner, just and reasonable compensation for said lands or said right of way. If the compensation cannot be agreed upon, it shall be assessed and determined in the manner provided in Title 22. ## History Ga. L. 1892, p. 37, § 11; Ga. L. 1895, p. 95, §§ 2, 3; Civil Code 1895, § 2170; Civil Code 1910, § 2588; Code 1933, § 94-308.