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2018 Georgia Code 32-3-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Section 3. Acquisition of Property for Transportation Purposes, 32-3-1 through 32-3-39.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

32-3-2. Acquisition procedure generally; recording order and judgment or instrument of conveyance; filing order and judgment or instrument in records of department.

All acquisition of property or interests for public road and other transportation purposes shall proceed under the methods set out in this article and in Title 22. Any instrument which conveys such property or interest to or any order and judgment which vests such property or interest in a state agency, county, or municipality shall be recorded in the name of the agency, county, or municipality in each county wherein the property or interest may lie, notwithstanding Code Section 50-16-3. In the case of property or interests acquired by the department, the instrument or order and judgment shall also be kept in the records of the department. Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 shall not apply to property or interests acquired under the authority of this article.

(Code 1933, § 95A-602, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.)

Law reviews.

- For comment on Southern Ry. v. State Hwy. Dep't, 219 Ga. 435, 134 S.E.2d 12 (1963), see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 242 (1964).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Citizens Coalition for Planned Growth, Inc. v. Glynn County, 249 Ga. 664, 292 S.E.2d 847 (1982); DOT v. City of Atlanta, 255 Ga. 124, 337 S.E.2d 327 (1985).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Power of eminent domain as between state and subdivision or agency thereof, or as between different subdivisions or agencies themselves, 35 A.L.R.3d 1293.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 32-3-2 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 3

Department of Transportation v. Mixon

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-10-05

Snippet: superior court for the benefit of the owner.”); OCGA § 32-3-2 (“All acquisition of property or interests for

City of Marietta v. Summerour

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2017-10-30

Citation: 302 Ga. 645, 807 S.E.2d 324

Snippet: (“[WJhile the procedure for condemnation under OCGA § 32-3-2 et seq. does not violate due process, the statute

Department of Transportation v. City of Atlanta

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-10-08

Citation: 337 S.E.2d 327, 255 Ga. 124, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 1002

Snippet: road or other transportation purposes.” OCGA § 32-3-2 then states, “All acquisition of property or interests