Georgia § 44-8-8 - Exclusive appropriation of tidewaters.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 44-8-8 — Exclusive appropriation of tidewaters., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44-8-8. Exclusive appropriation of tidewaters.
Nothing in Code Sections 44-8-6 and 44-8-7 shall be so construed as to authorize such an exclusive appropriation of any tidewater, navigable or nonnavigable, by any person as will prevent the free use of the same by other persons for the purposes of passage and for the transportation of such freights as may be capable of being carried thereon. (Ga. L. 1902, p. 108, § 3; Civil Code 1910, § 3637; Code 1933, § 85-1309.) Law reviews. - For article, "Public Rights in Georgia's Tidelands," see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 79 (1974). For article discussing State v. Ashmore, 236 Ga. 401 , 224 S.E.2d 334 , cert. denied, 429 U.S. 830, 97 S. Ct. 90 , 50 L. Ed. 2 d 93 (1976), and Lines v. Ashmore, 236 Ga. 401 , 224 S.E.2d 334 (1976), see 12 Ga. St. B.J. 201 (1976). For note, "Regulation and Ownership of the Marshlands: The Georgia Marshlands Act," see 5 Ga. L. Rev. 563 (1971). For a note discussing the historical aspects and current law concerning the state's ownership rights in tidelands, see 17 Ga. L. Rev. 851 (1983). For comment on State v. Ashmore, 236 Ga. 401, 224 S.E.2d 334 (1976), see 10 Ga. L. Rev. 1051 (1976). For comment on State v. Ashmore, 236 Ga. 401, 224 S.E.2d 334, cert. denied, 429 U.S. 830, 97 S. Ct. 90 , 50 L. Ed. 2 d 93 (1976), see 27 Mercer L. Rev. 1229 (1976).
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