{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-13-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-13-1","heading":"Creation, adoption, amendment, and repeal of codes.","body":"The county governing authority in this state is authorized to make, adopt, amend, and repeal building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas, and other similar codes relating to the construction, livability, sanitation, erection, equipment, alteration, repair, occupancy, or removal of buildings and structures located outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 13 Building, Electrical, and Other Codes"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.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":"fd6d7b1f526bb0333a8d7e6736b761338db5bb01b5004082c4afa6ae1b8fc0f9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-12-5","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-13-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}