Nothing contained in this article shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Georgia State Plane Coordinate System. Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to require any person, firm, or corporation to use this system of coordinates to obtain or secure a legal description of land or real estate.
History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 7; Code 1981, § 44-4-29 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1; Code 1981, § 44-4-28 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2022, p. 674, § 1/SB 581.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, redesignated former Code Section 44-4-29 as present Code Section 44-4-28, and substituted “Georgia State Plane Coordinate System” for “Georgia Coordinate System or the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985” at the end of the first sentence and “this system” for “these systems” in the second sentence.
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