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

O.C.G.A. § 44-5-2 (2019)

How land in state held

✓ 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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All realty in this state is held under the state as the original owner thereof. It is free from all rent or service and is limited only by the right of eminent domain which remains in the state.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2200; Code 1868, § 2195; Code 1873, § 2221; Code 1882, § 2221; Civil Code 1895, § 3051; Civil Code 1910, § 3623; Code 1933, § 85-202.)

Annotations

Cross references. - State ownership of wildlife found in state, § 27-1-3. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, §§ 1 et seq., 20. 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, § 7. 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 3, 118 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 64 et seq. C.J.S. - 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain,

§§ 3, 21. 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, §§ 249, 250, 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 263. ALR. - Right of public in shore of inland navigable lake between high- and low-water marks, 40 ALR3d 776.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Tdga, LLC. v. Cbira, LLC, 783 S.E.2d 107 (Ga. 2016).
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Tdga, LLC. v. Cbira, LLC, 783 S.E.2d 107 (Ga. 2016). · cites it 4× “” OCGA § 44-5-2. But the State cannot assert title to otherwise privately-held land simply by issuing an edict or imposing a lien that 6 cannot be effectively challenged and impairs the marketability of the property.”
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