Title 44 — Title 44
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O.C.G.A. § 44-8-1 Ownership of running water; right to divert or adulterate water
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Running water belongs to the owner of the land on which it runs; but the landowner has no right to divert the water from its usual channel nor may he so use or adulterate it as to interfere with the enjoyment of it by the next owner. History. Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 12, § 1; Code 1863…
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-10 Riparian rights
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Private bridges. Construction or establishment within or adjoining lands appurtenant to ownership, §44-8-10. 928 INDEX BRIDGES —Cont’d Riparian rights —Cont’d Public bridges. Construction or operation. Franchise to be granted by state, §44-8-10. BURDEN OF PROOF —Cont’d Georgia la…
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-2 Dams and canals
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Construction, §44-8-4. Liability for resulting damages, §44-8-4. Exclusive possession by owner, §44-8-3. 1141 INDEX RIPARIAN RIGHTS —Cont’d Nonnavigable streams —Cont’d Interference by legislature with lawful use, §44-8-3. Rights of adjoining owners, §44-8-2. Nonnavigable tidewat…
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-4 Ditches
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Construction of ditches to protect lands from freshets and overflows and watercourses, §44-8-9. Diversion of water, §44-8-1. Construction of levees and ditches, §44-8-9. Exclusive appropriation of tidewaters, §44-8-8. Ferries. Private ferries. Construction or establishment within …
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-5 Givens v
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Ichauway, Inc., 268 Ga. 710, 493 S.E.2d 148, 1997 Ga. LEXIS 746 (1997). Deed conveying property bounded by river conveyed title to riverbed. — Deed conveying title to property bounded on three sides by a river, conveyed title to the riverbed, in the absence of a reservation of ti…
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-6 SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
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Anatomical gifts. Search of donor registry. Rights and duties of procurement organizations, §44-5-152. Search of individual for document of gift, §44-5-150. Encumbered property. Removal to hinder, delay or prevent levy. Search for property where defendant without permanent abode,…
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-8 Water rights, §44-8-6
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NONRESIDENTS. Bills of sale to secure debt. Recordation, §44-14-63. Land registration. Actions against assurance fund. Notice, §44-2-193. Cancellation of mortgage, lien, equity or lis pendens. Refusal to authorize cancellation. Service by publication of petition and rule nisi, §4…
O.C.G.A. § 44-8-9 Construction of levees and ditches; diversion of watercourses
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All persons owning lands on any watercourses are authorized to ditch and embank their lands in order to protect the lands from freshets and overflows in the watercourses, provided that the ditching and embanking does not divert the watercourse from its ordinary channel; but nothin…