2021 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 1 - Grants From State
§ 44-5-2. How Land in State Held
All realty in this state is held under the state as the original owner thereof. It is free from all rent or service and is limited only by the right of eminent domain which remains in the state.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2200; Code 1868, § 2195; Code 1873, § 2221; Code 1882, § 2221; Civil Code 1895, § 3051; Civil Code 1910, § 3623; Code 1933, § 85-202.)
Cross references.- State ownership of wildlife found in state, § 27-1-3.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, §§ 1 et seq., 20. 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, § 7. 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 3, 118 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 64 et seq.
C.J.S.- 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, §§ 3, 21. 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, §§ 249, 250, 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 263.
ALR.- Right of public in shore of inland navigable lake between high- and low-water marks, 40 A.L.R.3d 776.