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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-2-20. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-2-20. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction generally.

The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this state extend to all places within the limits of her boundaries except so far as she has voluntarily ceded her sovereignty and jurisdiction over particular localities to the United States or adjacent states.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 22; Code 1868, § 20; Code 1873, § 20; Code 1882, § 20; Civil Code 1895, § 21; Civil Code 1910, § 21; Code 1933, § 15-201.