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

O.C.G.A. § 8-3-10 (2019)

Vesting of fee simple title upon an authority’s exercise of power of eminent domain

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Whenever a housing authority is or has been created under the terms of this article, and whenever it is determined by the commissioners or other governing body of such authority to be necessary or advisable to exercise the power of eminent domain by condemning property, and whenever such condemnation proceedings are instituted and carried on under Chapter 2 of Title 22 or through any other method of condemnation provided by law, then upon the payment by such authority seeking condemnation of the amount of the award, or the amount of the final judgment on appeal, such authority shall become vested with a fee simple indefeasible title to the property to which such condemnation proceedings relate. It is declared to be necessary in order to enable such authorities to exercise their franchise that, upon such condemnation proceedings being had, such housing authorities shall become vested with fee simple indefeasible title to the property involved in such proceedings.

History

Ga. L. 1939, p. 112, § 7.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Eminent overcoming

domain: specific

possibility obstacles

of to

contemplated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2023–2024 · leading case: Christina Guy v. the Hous. Auth. of the City of Augusta (Ga. Ct. App. 2024).
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Christina Guy v. the Hous. Auth. of the City of Augusta (Ga. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “See OCGA §§ 8-3-10, 8-3-31, 8-3-70. It is mandated by state law to “manage and operate its housing projects .”
Keyron Pass v. Athens Hous. Auth. a/k/a Hous. Auth. of the City of Athens (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 8-3-10. Housing authorities must file annual reports of 10 their activities with, in the case of a city or county housing authority, for example, the city or county clerk or similar officer.”
Charles W. Files v. the Hous. Authourity of the City of Douglas (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 8-3-10. Housing authorities must file annual reports of their activities with, in the case of a city housing authority such as the one at issue here, the city clerk or similar city officer.”
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