Title 36 — Title 36
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O.C.G.A. § 36-7-10 Payment of fees generally
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The fees for surveys made by the county surveyor for private or corporate benefit shall be paid by the person or corporation ordering the survey. The fees for surveys made by order of the county governing authority shall be paid out of county funds. The fees for surveys made by o…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-11 Issuance of execution for fees
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A county surveyor who makes a survey for a person who neglects to pay him may make oath before the judge of the probate court of his county of the performance of such service and its value. The judge of the probate court shall thereupon issue a fi. fa. in his name for the use of …
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-12 Surveys or plats deemed presumptive evidence of facts
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Surveys or plats of lands within his county, made by the county surveyor under order of court and on notice to all the parties, signed by him officially, and stating the contents, courses, and distances of any land surveyed by him are presumptive evidence of the facts if all the …
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-14 Appointment of disinterested surveyor; oath
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When any county surveyor is interested in any survey to be made, the judge of the superior court or the judge of the probate court of the county in which the land is located, upon the application of any party in interest, shall appoint a competent, disinterested surveyor or, in h…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-15 Removal of surveyor from office
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The county surveyor, whether elected or appointed, may be removed by the judge of the probate court for want of capacity, in the same fashion as clerks of the superior courts are removed in the superior court. This cause of removal shall be in addition to the causes which apply t…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-16 Penalty for making false survey
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Any county surveyor or other person acting as such who knowingly surveys nonvacant land as vacant land or makes any other false survey shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 558; Code 1868, § 622; Code 1873, § 581; Code 1882, § 581; Civil Code 1895, § 489…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-4 Commissioning of surveyor
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A county surveyor who derives his authority from appointment needs no commission beyond the order of the judge of the probate court entered on his minutes, of which appointment the Governor must be informed without delay. History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 545; Code 1868, § 609; Code …
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-5 Oath of office; bond and security
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In addition to the oath required of all public officers, the county surveyor must take the following oath before entering on the duties of his office: ‘‘I, , swear that I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge the duties of surveyor of County and that I will not a…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-7 Place of office
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The county surveyor may keep his office at his place of abode, if within the limits of the county. The county shall not be required to furnish the county surveyor with an office or facilities. History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 550; Code 1868, § 614; Code 1873, § 573; Code 1882, § 573…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-8 Duties of surveyor generally
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It shall be the duty of the county surveyor: (1) To observe punctually and carry into effect all such orders as he may receive from any officer who may lawfully command him; (2) To partition lands, to make resurveys, to give plats of all surveys, and to administer all oaths requi…
O.C.G.A. § 36-7-9 Establishment of fees
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(a) The county surveyor shall be allowed to establish a reasonable fee for each of the following acts: (1) Surveying a town lot and returning a certificate thereof; (2) Surveying a tract of land; (3) Making a plat and recording, advertising, and transmitting the same to the Secre…