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

O.C.G.A. § 32-6-246 (2019)

Abatement of nuisances

✓ 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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Any junkyard which comes into existence after April 6, 1967, the establishment, operation, or maintenance of which is made unlawful by Code Section 32-6-241, is declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, or abated at the order of the commissioner. The department may then submit by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery a statement of the expenses of such removal, obliteration, or abatement to the person owning or operating such junkyard; and, if payment is not made to the department within 60 days of receipt thereof, the department shall certify the amount for collection to the Attorney General.

History

Ga. L. 1967, p. 433, § 11; Code 1933, § 95A-910, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 2000 amendment

was applicable to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Recommendations Regarding Control of Outdoor Advertising Along the Interstate Highway System in Georgia,’’ see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 308 (1963).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades, and Professions, § 79.

C.J.S. - 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 42 et seq., 50 et seq., 62.