If the owner of the land or of any street railway assessed, within 30 days from the passage of the ordinance making the assessment final, files with the clerk of the municipal corporation his written request asking that the assessments be payable in installments in accordance with the provisions of this Code section, the same shall thereupon be and become payable in equal annual installments over such period of years, not less than two nor more than ten, as shall be fixed and prescribed by the governing body of the municipal corporation. Such installments shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 7 percent per annum until paid. Each installment, together with the interest on the entire amount remaining unpaid, shall be payable each year at such time and place as shall be provided by resolution of the governing body.
History. Ga. L. 1927, p. 321, § 8; Code 1933, § 69-414; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1539, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1078, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 39 - Street Improvements
§ 36-39-2. Adoption of Chapter; Election; Effect of Adoption of Chapter Generally
§ 36-39-5. Improvements When County Owns Abutting Property
§ 36-39-6. Paving by Railroad Having Tracks in Street
§ 36-39-10. Publication and Contents of Notice of Contract Proposals
§ 36-39-11. Examination of Bids and Award of Contract; Readvertisement for Bids
§ 36-39-12. Appointment of Board of Appraisers to Appraise and Apportion Cost
§ 36-39-13. Filing of Board of Appraisers’ Report
§ 36-39-15. Time and Manner of Payment of Assessments Generally
§ 36-39-16. Payment of Assessment in Installments
§ 36-39-17. Assessments Where Portion of Costs Paid by Municipal Corporation
§ 36-39-18. Additional Assessments
§ 36-39-20. Lien for Assessment and Interest
§ 36-39-21. Execution, Levy, and Sale on Unpaid Assessments or Interest Generally
§ 36-39-22. Affidavit Contesting Amount of Execution; Trial by Superior Court; Penalties for Delay
§ 36-39-23. Collection and Use of Assessments Generally; Special Fund; Treasurer’s Bond
§ 36-39-24. Limitation Period for Contesting or Enjoining Assessments
§ 36-39-25. Issuance of Bonds; Payment; Interest; Terms; Form
§ 36-39-26. Sale of Bonds; Delivery to Contractors
§ 36-39-27. Disposition of Proceeds From Bonds Remaining After Payment
§ 36-39-28. Petition for Validation of Ordinance Establishing Assessments; Time; Contents
§ 36-39-29. Order to Show Cause on Petition; Time and Notice of Hearing
§ 36-39-30. Conduct of Hearing; Issuance of Order by Court
§ 36-39-31. Appeal From Judgment of Court
§ 36-39-32. Conclusiveness of Superior Court’s Final Judgment
§ 36-39-33. Entry of Reference to Judgment on Bonds Following Validation; Use of Entry as Evidence