O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 1-2-3 (2019)

Duration of citizenship

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Until citizenship is acquired elsewhere, a citizen of this state continues to be a citizen of this state and of the United States.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 54; Code 1868, § 50; Code 1873, § 47; Code 1882, § 47; Civil Code 1895, § 1806; Civil Code 1910, § 2163; Code 1933, § 79-202.

Annotations

Cross references. - Determination of

venue in proceedings against corporations, § 14-2-510. Determination of domicile of persons, T. 19, C. 2. Determination of residence for purposes of voter registration, § 21-2-217.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Forum non conveniens dismissal of FELA case. - Because a trial court lacks discretion to dismiss a Federal Employers’ Liability Act case on the ground of forum non conveniens, the trial court correctly denied the railroad’s motion to dismiss the case on such grounds. Southern Ry. v.

Goodman, 259 Ga. 339, 380 S.E.2d 460 (1989). Cited in Brown v. Seaboard Coast Line R.R., 229 Ga. 481, 192 S.E.2d 382 (1972); Southern Ry. v. Goodman, 259 Ga. 339, 380 S.E.2d 460 (1989).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Change of residence. - Loss of citizenship does not result from change of

residence not intended to be permanent. 1958-59 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 92.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1989–1989 · leading case: S. Ry. Co. v. Goodman, 380 S.E.2d 460 (Ga. 1989).

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S. Ry. Co. v. Goodman, 380 S.E.2d 460 (Ga. 1989). · cites it 2× “The Court in Brown then writes that under the statute now known as OCGA § 1-2-3, which provides that “Until citizenship is acquired elsewhere, a citizen of this state continues to be a citizen of this state.”

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