{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-9-12","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 25-9-12","heading":"Notice requirements for emergency excavations.","body":"The appropriate notice requirements prescribed by Code Section 25-9-6 shall not be required of persons performing emergency excavations; provided, however, that any person that engages in an emergency excavation shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid or minimize damage to any existing underground facilities and sewer laterals; provided, further, that any person that engages in an emergency excavation shall give notification of such emergency excavation as soon as practical to the UPC. In giving such notification, such person shall specifically identify the dangerous condition involved. If it is later determined that the excavation did not qualify as an emergency excavation, all liabilities and penalties will accrue as if no notification had been given.","path":["TITLE 25 Fire Protection and Safety","CHAPTER 9 Blasting or Excavating Near Underground Facilities"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.25.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"598853ee9860793bc905ac4d506f8683a8957abe220f69f867e766f430c34c49","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-9-11.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-9-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}