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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-3-30.2. Actions against persons engaged in land surveying.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-3-30.2. Actions against persons engaged in land surveying.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “land surveying” shall have the same meaning as provided by paragraph (6) of Code Section 43-15-2.

(b) No action to recover damages for any deficiency, defect, omission, error, or miscalculation in a survey or plat shall be brought against registered surveyors or their employees engaged in the practice of land surveying who performed or furnished such survey or plat more than six years from the date of the survey or plat. The cause of action in such cases shall accrue when such services are rendered as shown from the date on the survey or plat. Any such action not instituted within the six-year period provided by this subsection shall be forever barred.

## History

Code 1981, § 9-3-30.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 178, § 1.

## Cross References

Professional engineers and land surveyors, § 43-15-1 et seq.