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title: Title 52, Chapter 1. General Provisions
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id: code:chapter:52-1
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md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1.md
date: 2025
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heading: GENERAL PROVISIONS
title_heading: WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT
section_count: 20
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1.md?full=1
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# Title 52, Chapter 1. General Provisions

Title 52. Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft

20 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 52-1-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-1.md
- 52-1-2, Legislative findings and declaration of policy; public trust doctrine for tidewaters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-2.md
- 52-1-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-3.md
- 52-1-4, Declaration of public nuisance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-4.md
- 52-1-5, Order for removal of structures; service and posting of order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-5.md
- 52-1-6, Hearings and review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-6.md
- 52-1-7, Seizure and removal of structures; notice; sale or disposal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-7.md
- 52-1-8, Remedies not exclusive, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-8.md
- 52-1-9, Allowance of time for finding new residence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-9.md
- 52-1-10, Issuance of permit; term; revocation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-10.md
- 52-1-30, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-30.md
- 52-1-31, Legislative findings and declaration of policy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-31.md
- 52-1-32, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-32.md
- 52-1-33, Declaration of public nuisance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-33.md
- 52-1-34, Order for removal of structures; service and posting of order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-34.md
- 52-1-35, Hearings and review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-35.md
- 52-1-36, Seizure and removal of structures; notice; sale or disposal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-36.md
- 52-1-37, Remedies not exclusive, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-37.md
- 52-1-38, Allowance of time for finding new residence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-38.md
- 52-1-39, Issuance of permit; term; revocation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-1-39.md