O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 1-2-4 (2019)

Right of expatriation

✓ 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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Except in time of war, every citizen of this state shall have the right of expatriation with a view to becoming a citizen of another country with which this state is at peace. Declaration or avowal of the intention to become a citizen of another country, accompanied by actual removal, shall be held to be a renunciation of all one’s rights and duties as a citizen.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 53; Code 1868, § 49; Code 1873, § 46; Code 1882,

§ 46; Civil Code 1895, § 1805; Civil Code 1910, § 2162; Code 1933, § 79-203.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 3B Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, § 1823 et seq. 3C Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, § 2086 et seq.

C.J.S. - 14 C.J.S., Citizens, § 18 et seq.