County
Line
Disputes
Checklist
of Procedures for Settling a
County
Line
Dispute
Document
produced by Ingrid Shields, of the Georgia
Archives, 2002
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Clerk of the Superior Court of the
initiating county has certified presentment to
the Governor.
q
Governor has appointed, by
Executive Order, a surveyor who does not reside
in any county involved in the dispute.
q
SOS has established surveyor’s
fee.
q
SOS has notified the governing
authorities of all counties of the surveyor’s
fee.
q
The surveyor notified the counties
(by mail or in person) on (date)
__________________ of the time and place work
will commence (at least ten days prior to
commencement of work).
If surveyor proceeds to
survey, mark-out and define the boundary line:
q
The surveyor has marked out and
defined the boundary line.
q
The surveyor has submitted a copy
of the resulting plat of survey to the SOS.
q
The survey has submitted a copy of
the resulting plat of survey to the judges of
the probate courts or chairmen of the boards of
county commissioners. (This must occur at the
same time the plat is submitted to the SOS.)
q
The survey with plat has been
placed on file in the SOS office for 30 days.
If
no objection has been filed by the authorities
of any county involved in the dispute:
(The
new county line has become final and conclusive)
q
The survey and plat have been
placed on permanent file in SOS office.
q
The surveyor has been paid by all
counties affected by the survey (all counties
have shared costs equally).
If objection has been filed by the authorities of any
county involved in the dispute:
q
The SOS has scheduled a hearing to
review the protests.
q
The SOS has mailed notice of the
hearing on (date) ________________ (at least ten
days prior to the hearing) to the governing
authorities of counties involved in the dispute.
q
The hearing was held.
q
The SOS has determined from the
law and evidence the true boundary.
q
The survey and plat have been
placed on permanent file in SOS office.
q
The surveyor has been paid by all
counties affected by the survey (all counties
have shared costs equally).
If the governing
authorities of the counties involved reach
mutual agreement on the placement of the
boundary line:
q
Concurrent unanimous resolutions
received from all counties involved in dispute.
q
An agreed upon plat, description
or other means of ascertaining the boundary line
received from all counties involved in the
dispute.
q
A letter has been received from
the governing authority of each county stating
their intent to notify the following about the
boundary settlement:
q
Any appropriate agencies
q
The U.S. Bureau of Census (with
indication that the boundary change will be
marked on Census Bureau maps)
q
The Department of Community
Affairs
q
A letter has been received stating
that the surveyor has been compensated for
services or that adequate arrangements have been
made to assure compensation.
q
SOS has notified the Department of
Community Affairs of his/her intention to rule
on the boundary dispute.
q
SOS has entered a written
determination that the disputed boundary has
been determined by agreement as authorized by
the code section.
q
All related documents have been
placed on permanent file with the SOS office.
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