Title 44 — Title 44
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O.C.G.A. § 44-4-1 Appointment of processioners; term of office; vacancies
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Every other year, the judge of the probate court of each county shall appoint three suitable persons in every militia district in the county who shall be processioners of land for that district until their successors are appointed. In the event the judge of the probate court is u…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-10 Compensation of processioners; costs of protest
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The applicant shall pay to each of the processioners not less than $6.00 per day for his services. If a protest is filed, the costs of the court shall abide the issue. The judge of the probate court is authorized to fix the 367 44-4-20 compensation of the processioners at the tim…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-21 Names of East and West Zones
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(a) As established for use in the East Zone, the Georgia Coordinate System or the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the ‘‘Georgia Coordinate System East Zone’’ or the ‘‘Georgia Coordinate Sys…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-22 Grants of land from state
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Correctable errors in grants, §44-5-4. Navigable tidewaters as boundaries, §44-8-7. Nonnavigable streams as boundaries, §44-8-2. Nonnavigable tidewaters as boundaries, §44-8-6. BOUNDARIES —Cont’d Riparian rights. Navigable tidewaters as boundaries, §44-8-7. Nonnavigable streams a…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-23 Description of land extending from one zone to another
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When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-24 Zones precisely defined
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(a) For purposes of more precisely defining the Georgia Coordinate System, the following definition of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, now National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, is adopted: (1) The ‘‘Georgia Coordinate System East Zone’’ is a transverse Merc…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-25 Change in county lines
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Rerecording instruments, §44-2-13. Chattel mortgages. Expiration of notice effected by recording of mortgage, §44-14-140. Affidavit for extension of time period, §§44-14-141, 44-14-142. Extension of time period, §44-14-141. Instruments filed before March 31, 1937. Limitations on, …
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-26 Use of terms limited
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The use of the term ‘‘Georgia Coordinate System East Zone,’’ ‘‘Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 East Zone,’’ ‘‘Georgia Coordinate System West Zone,’’ or ‘‘Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 West Zone’’ on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinate…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-28 Conversion of distances between meters and feet
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Any conversion of distances between the meter and the American Survey foot will be based upon the length of the meter (exactly) equals 39.37 inches or 3.2808333333 1/3 feet. (Code 1981, § 44-4-28, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.) 44-4-29. Use of system not mandatory.
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-29 Use of system not mandatory
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Nothing contained in this article shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Georgia Coordinate System or the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985. Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to require any …
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-30 Validation of use of Georgia Coordinate System
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(a) Any legal description prepared under the provisions of the Georgia Coordinate System provided by an Act approved March 6, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218), and continued as a part of this Code until July 1, 1985, shall not be invalid. (b) Any continual use of legal descriptions pre…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-31 Conservation easements
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Local government holding easement. Property boundaries within locality, requirements, §44-10-3. Coordinate system. General provisions, §§44-4-20 to 44-4-31. Georgia coordinate system and Georgia coordinate system of 1985. Coordinate system generally, §§44-4-20 to 44-4-31. Holes. …
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-4 Processioner’s return
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The processioners shall make a return of their acts within 30 days, together with the plat of the surveyor, to the judge of the probate court of the county to be kept on file in his office. (Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 718; Code 1863, § 2360; Code 1868, § 2357; Code 1873, §…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-5 Disputed lines; rules for determining
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In all cases of disputed lines, the following rules shall apply: (1) Natural landmarks, being less liable to change and not capable of counterfeiting, shall be the most conclusive evidence; (2) Ancient or genuine landmarks such as corner stations or marked trees shall control the…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-6 General reputation as evidence; acquiescence
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General reputation in the neighborhood shall be evidence as to ancient landmarks of more than 30 years’ standing. Acquiescence for seven years by acts or declarations of adjoining landowners shall establish a dividing line. (Orig. Code 1863, § 2356; Code 1868, § 2353; Code 1873, …
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-7 Effect of adverse possession for more than seven years
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When actual possession has been had under a claim of right for more than seven years, such claim shall be respected; and the lines shall be marked so as not to interfere with such possession. (Orig. Code 1863, § 2357; Code 1868, § 2354; Code 1873, § 2389; Code 1882, § 2389; Civil…
O.C.G.A. § 44-4-8 Treatment of land cut off by watercourse
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When a watercourse is one of the boundary lines of a tract of land and its course has been changed by nature or by man so that its present channel cuts off a part of the land, the processioners and the surveyor shall certify the fact; and the plat of the surveyor shall plainly ma…