---
title: O.C.G.A. § 46-9-26. Commission to prescribe schedule of maximum rates and charges for freight storage by railroad companies.
collection: code
id: 46-9-26
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 46-9-26 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-9-26
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-9-26.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-9-26/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=811
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/46-9.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-9-25.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-9-40.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 / TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS GENERALLY / ESTABLISHMENT AND REVISION OF RATES FOR RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
---

# O.C.G.A. § 46-9-26. Commission to prescribe schedule of maximum rates and charges for freight storage by railroad companies.

The commission is required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight to be made and charged by railroad companies doing business in this state, and to fix at what time after the receipt of freight at place of destination such charges for storage shall begin. The commission shall have the power to vary such rates and charges according to the value and character of the freight stored, the nature of the place of destination, the residence of the consignee, and such other facts as in its judgment should be considered in fixing the same. All of the provisions of this title prescribing the procedure to be followed by the commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs, hearing complaints of carriers and shippers, and altering and amending freight and passenger tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage.

## History

Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 149, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2206, 2207; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2649, 2650; Code 1933, § 93-317.