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

O.C.G.A. § 41-3-2 (2019)

Action to enjoin nuisance perpetually; temporary restraining order or interlocutory injunction authorized

✓ 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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Whenever a nuisance is kept, maintained, or exists, as defined in Code Section 41-3-1 or 41-3-1.1, the district attorney, the solicitorgeneral, city attorney, or county attorney, or any private citizen of the county may maintain an action in the name of the state upon the relation of such attorney or private citizen to enjoin said nuisance perpetually, the person or persons conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner or agent of the building, structure, or place, and the ground itself in or upon which such nuisance exists. In an action to enjoin a nuisance, the court, upon application therefor alleging that the nuisance complained of exists, shall order a temporary restraining order or an interlocutory injunction as provided in Code Section

History

Ga. L. 1917, p. 177, § 2; Code 1933, § 72-302; Ga. L. 1996, p. 666, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 467, § 3.

Annotations

Law reviews. For note on 1999 amendment to this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 211 (1999).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 24 Am. Jur. 2d, Disorderly Houses, §§ 30 et seq.,. 44 et seq.42 Am. Jur. 2d, Injunctions, §§ 13 et seq., 49 et seq., 284 et seq., 295 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Nuisances, § 195 et seq. C.J.S. 43A C.J.S., Injunctions, §§ 8 et seq., 25

et seq. 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 181 et seq., 202. ALR. Right to enjoin threatened or anticipated nuisance, 7 A.L.R. 749; 26 A.L.R. 937; 32 A.L.R. 724; 55 A.L.R. 880. Venue of suit to enjoin nuisance, 7 A.L.R.2d 481.

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