Title 32 — Title 32
0 chapters · 215 sections in this title.
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-14 Aiken v
1.7K chars
Department of Transp., 171 Ga. App. 154, 319 S.E.2d 58 (1984). Failure to allow impeachment of state appraiser warrants new trial. — Condemnees were entitled to a new trial 32-3-7 in a Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) condemnation proceeding; the trial court erred in re…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-15 Interlocutory hearing on amount of compensation
4.2K chars
(a) An appeal having been filed as provided in Code Section 32-3-14, the appellant or appellants, at any time before the beginning of the trial of the issue formed on such appeal, but not later than 90 days after the date of service as provided in Code Sections 32-3-8 and 32-3-9,…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-18 Prevention or delay of vesting of title in condemnor
0.4K chars
No appeal in any cause under this article and no bond or undertaking given shall operate to prevent or delay the vesting of title to such lands in the condemnor, subject, however, to the power of the court as provided in Code Section 32-3-20. History. — Code 1933, § 95A-615, enac…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-19 Jury verdict; entry of judgment; award; effect on condemnor’s title
3.4K chars
(a) The verdict of the jury shall have respect to the lands described in the declaration of taking as set forth in Code Section 32-3-6, or such interest therein as may be described in said declaration, or to any separate claim against the property or interest therein as may be or…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-20 Effect of article on other methods of condemnation
0.4K chars
In cases involving condemnation of private property for public road purposes or any other public transportation purpose, this article shall be supplementary to and cumulative of the methods of procedure for condemnation of private property prescribed in Chapter 2 of Title 22. His…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-31 Method of acquisition
0.5K chars
The authority delegated by this article to the department to acquire rights of way and easements for federal parkways shall be the same authority as hereinbefore provided by law for the acquisition of rights of way for present or future public road or other transportation purpose…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-33 Inclusion of scenic easements in rights of way
0.3K chars
The department may acquire scenic easements; and these may be included as part of the rights of way to be acquired by the department for federal parkways in those cases mutually acceptable to the department and the United States government or its appropriate agency. History. — Ga…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-34 Amount of land to be acquired for rights of way
1.4K chars
(a) The lands and interest in lands to be acquired in fee simple for federal parkway rights of way shall average not more than 125 acres per mile plus not more than 25 acres per mile in scenic easements; and in no case shall the width of the fee simple rights of way for federal p…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-35 Access for private roads
0.4K chars
The acquisition of rights of way by the department for federal parkways shall permit no reservations or interests of access for private roads connecting to or crossing the federal parkways; and the department shall acquire, as part of the rights of way for federal parkways, the r…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-37 Use of property before final condemnation; enforcement of Code section
1.4K chars
(a) When areas of land or interests in land have been tentatively designated by the United States government to be included within federal parkways but the final survey and plans necessary for the construction of federal parkways as provided by law have not yet been made, no pers…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-38 Advertisement restrictions near parkways
3.0K chars
(a) No advertisement or advertising structure shall be erected, constructed, installed, maintained, or operated within 500 feet of the boundary of any federal parkway rights of way acquired by the department under this article except as follows: (1) Advertisements which are secur…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-4 Authority to bring condemnation proceedings
2.5K chars
(a) Whenever any state agency, county, or municipality desires to take or damage private property, including scenic easements, air rights, rights of access, and other interests in land for public road purposes or for any other public transportation purposes and shall find or beli…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-5 Contents of condemnation petition; notice
1.8K chars
(a) The petition referred to in Code Section 32-3-4 shall set forth: (1) The facts showing the right to condemn; (2) The property or interests to be taken or damaged; (3) The names and residences of the persons whose property or interests are to be taken or otherwise affected, so…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-6 Declaration of taking; Order of condemnation by condemning authority
2.3K chars
(a) In addition to the petition filed pursuant to Code Section 32-3-4, the petitioner shall also file with the court a declaration of taking signed by: (1) The commissioner or the deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation if the petitioner is seeking to acquire prop…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-8 Service of process in condemnation proceedings generally
3.5K chars
(a) Upon the filing of the petition and declaration, where the owner or owners of the property sought to be condemned or any person having a claim against or interest in the same are residents of this state, the petition and declaration shall be served upon such persons personall…
O.C.G.A. § 32-3-9 Service of nonresidents in condemnation proceedings
3.0K chars
(a) If a nonresident of this state owns the property condemned or any interest therein, whether such interest is as the owner of the fee or some lesser interest, or any easement, or as a guardian for a minor or a person non compos mentis, or as a trustee, or growing out of simila…