--- title: Title 44, Chapter 9. Easements collection: code id: code:chapter:44-9 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/44/chapter/9 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9.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/44.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-10.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: EASEMENTS title_heading: PROPERTY section_count: 42 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9.md?full=1 --- # Title 44, Chapter 9. Easements Title 44. Property 42 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 44-9-1, Methods of acquiring private ways, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-1.md - 44-9-2, Acquisition of easement of light and air, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-2.md - 44-9-3, Right of lateral support from adjoining land; right to make excavations up to boundary line; notice to adjoining landowner; standard of care, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-3.md - 44-9-4, Parol license; when revocable; when easement running with land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-4.md - 44-9-5, Cessation of easement of necessity upon purchase of land providing access to highway, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-5.md - 44-9-6, Loss of easement by abandonment or nonuse, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-6.md - 44-9-7, Effect of sale of property for taxes or assessments on easements or rights of way, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-7.md - 44-9-20, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-20.md - 44-9-21, Legislative findings and declaration of policy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-21.md - 44-9-22, Establishment of solar easements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-22.md - 44-9-23, Contents of solar easements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-23.md - 44-9-40, Authority of superior court to grant private ways; filing of petition as declaration of necessity; when proceeding enjoined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-40.md - 44-9-41, Contents of petition; manner of service and advertisement; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-41.md - 44-9-42, Selection of assessors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-42.md - 44-9-43, Show cause order; selection of assessors; hearing before assessors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-43.md - 44-9-44, Appeals from award of assessors; jury trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-44.md - 44-9-45, Maintenance of private way by condemnor; failure to maintain as abandonment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-45.md - 44-9-46, Determination of amount of compensation and other issues by jury; payment and disposition of damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-46.md - 44-9-47, Motions and proceedings subsequent to judgment; payment of compensation; nonpayment as abandonment; effect of abandonment on subsequent application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-47.md - 44-9-48, Agreements between parties as to payment of compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-48.md - 44-9-49, Establishment of private way by agreement between parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-49.md - 44-9-50, Recording of private way; protection of owner’s use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-50.md - 44-9-51, Establishment of private way by several landowners; duties and privileges of subsequent vendees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-51.md - 44-9-52, Establishment and apportionment of private way by several landowners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-52.md - 44-9-53, Establishment of private way over wild lands without notice to landowner; assessment of damages after notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-53.md - 44-9-54, Establishment of private way by prescription, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-54.md - 44-9-55, Establishment of private way by prescription; when owners barred from damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-55.md - 44-9-56, Notice of closing of private way after one year’s use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-56.md - 44-9-57, Limitation on use of private ways for specific commercial purposes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-57.md - 44-9-58, Petition to use another’s landing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-58.md - 44-9-59, Obstructions; proceedings for removal; petition; rule nisi; order; appeal; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-59.md - 44-9-60, Conditions for converting private ways into public roads, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-60.md - 44-9-70, Obtaining rights of way for mining, quarrying, and other business, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-70.md - 44-9-71, Appointment of arbitrators in right of way disputes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-71.md - 44-9-72, Arbitration of requests for diversions of watercourses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-72.md - 44-9-73, Right of mine owner to control water power with canal or dam; damages to intervening landowners; application to probate court for such right, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-73.md - 44-9-74, Right to drain mine, carry off ore or transport items over adjoining land; compensation of landowner; application for such right; proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-74.md - 44-9-75, Application of article to lessee of mine, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-75.md - 44-9-76, Amount of water allowed to be withdrawn from stream above mill or factory by mine owner or lessee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-76.md - 44-9-90, Petition for construction of tramway, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-90.md - 44-9-91, Proceedings to lay out way; maximum width, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-91.md - 44-9-92, Abandonment; effect, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-9-92.md