O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 1-2-5 (2019)

Reacquisition of citizenship by expatriated persons and descendants

✓ 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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If a person expatriated under Code Section 1-2-4 acquires citizenship under some foreign power, he and his descendants who go with him for the purpose of residence may become citizens of this state again only after meeting the residence requirements and taking the oath of allegiance required of other foreigners as a condition to becoming a citizen of the United States by Section 1448 of Title 8 of the United States Code.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 55; Code 1868, § 51; Code 1873, § 48; Code 1882,

§ 48; Civil Code 1895, § 1807; Civil Code 1910, § 2164; Code 1933, § 79-204.

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. - 3A C.J.S., Aliens, § 1233.