{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-22-1-12","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 22-1-12","heading":"Reimbursement to property owner of reasonable costs and expenses associated with condemnation proceedings.","body":"In all actions where a condemning authority exercises the power of eminent domain, the court having jurisdiction of a proceeding instituted by a condemnor to acquire real property by condemnation shall award the owner of any right or title to or interest in such real property such sum as will in the opinion of the court reimburse such owner for his or her reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings, if:\n(1) The final judgment is that the condemning authority cannot acquire the real property by condemnation; or\n(2) The proceeding is abandoned by the condemning authority.","path":["TITLE 22 Eminent Domain","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.22.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-10-18","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T18:57:52Z","sha256":"8d553ecc09066f7a7f0b1399050a3ed7a9ee767694137c8890a16988fa619002","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-22-1-11","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-22-1-13","notices":[{"id":"pro-ga","title":"Georgia bulk release","text":"Georgia bulk files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules retains enacted text and strips editorial matter.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ga.ocga.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}