--- title: Title 32, Chapter 3. Acquisition of Property for Transportation Purposes collection: code id: code:chapter:32-3 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/32/chapter/3 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3.md 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/32.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-4.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES title_heading: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES section_count: 34 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3.md?full=1 --- # Title 32, Chapter 3. Acquisition of Property for Transportation Purposes Title 32. Highways, Bridges, and Ferries 34 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 32-3-1, Authority to acquire property for present or future public road or other transportation purposes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-1.md - 32-3-2, Acquisition procedure generally; recording order and judgment or instrument of conveyance; filing order and judgment or instrument in records of department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-2.md - 32-3-2.1, Authorization to conduct all phases of pre-acquisition and acquisition of common property; allocation of consideration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-2.1.md - 32-3-3, Acquisition of property by devise, exchange, prescription, or dedication; acquisition by county or municipality on behalf of department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-3.md - 32-3-3.1, Relocation or reconstruction of outdoor advertising sign; requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-3.1.md - 32-3-3.2, Procedure when documented conflict, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-3.2.md - 32-3-4, Authority to bring condemnation proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-4.md - 32-3-5, Contents of condemnation petition; notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-5.md - 32-3-6, Declaration of taking; Order of condemnation by condemning authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-6.md - 32-3-7, Deposit of estimated compensation; vesting of title in condemning authority; protection of due process rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-7.md - 32-3-8, Service of process in condemnation proceedings generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-8.md - 32-3-9, Service of nonresidents in condemnation proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-9.md - 32-3-10, Substantial compliance with Code Sections 32-3-8 and 32-3-9, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-10.md - 32-3-11, Power of judge to set aside, vacate, and annul declaration of taking; issuance and service on condemnor of rule nisi; hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-11.md - 32-3-12, Orders of court for payment of award in condemnation proceedings, for surrender of property, and as to other charges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-12.md - 32-3-13, Self-executing nature of declaration of taking; court costs; entry of judgment; transfer of case to closed docket; effect of Code section on condemnor’s title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-13.md - 32-3-14, Filing notice of appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-14.md - 32-3-15, Interlocutory hearing on amount of compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-15.md - 32-3-16, Appeal to jury; evidence to be heard on appeal; subsequent review of issues not brought before jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-16.md - 32-3-17, Right to intervene in proceedings; effect of subsequent proceedings on rights of condemnor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-17.md - 32-3-17.1, Decisions upon questions of law; power of judge to give necessary orders and directions; jury trial in open court only, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-17.1.md - 32-3-18, Prevention or delay of vesting of title in condemnor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-18.md - 32-3-19, Jury verdict; entry of judgment; award; effect on condemnor’s title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-19.md - 32-3-20, Effect of article on other methods of condemnation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-20.md - 32-3-30, Power of department to acquire rights of way and easements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-30.md - 32-3-31, Method of acquisition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-31.md - 32-3-32, Acquisition of fee simple title; designation on official county map, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-32.md - 32-3-33, Inclusion of scenic easements in rights of way, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-33.md - 32-3-34, Amount of land to be acquired for rights of way, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-34.md - 32-3-35, Access for private roads, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-35.md - 32-3-36, Conveyance of title to rights of way to United States government or its appropriate agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-36.md - 32-3-37, Use of property before final condemnation; enforcement of Code section, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-37.md - 32-3-38, Advertisement restrictions near parkways, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-38.md - 32-3-39, Concurrent jurisdiction conceded to United States government; taxing power of state reserved, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-3-39.md