No coordinates based on either Georgia State Plane Coordinate System purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point has been connected by survey to a monumented horizontal control station that is identified and has been established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications as shall be specified by rules and regulations established by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
History. Code 1981, § 44-4-25 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 44; Code 1981, § 44-4-24 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2022, p. 674, § 1/SB 581.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, redesignated former Code Section 44-4-25 as present Code Section 44-4-24, and rewrote this Code section.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2022, p. 674, § 1/SB 581, effective July 1, 2022, repealed former Code Section 44-4-24 , pertaining to zones being precisely defined, and enacted the present Code section. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 5; Code 1981, § 44-4-24 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries
Article 2 - State Plane Coordinate System
§ 44-4-20. Designation of Georgia State Plane Coordinate System; East and West Zones
§ 44-4-21. Names of East and West Zones
§ 44-4-23. Description of Land Extending From One Zone to Another
§ 44-4-25. Use of Terms Limited
§ 44-4-26. Use of Terms “Grid North, Georgia East Zone” and “Grid North, Georgia West zone.”
§ 44-4-27. Conversion of Distances Between Meters and Feet
§ 44-4-28. Use of System Not Mandatory
§ 44-4-29. Validity of Use of Coordinate System
§ 44-4-30. Use of Term “Georgia State Plane Coordinate System”; Use of Other Geodetic References