{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-9-72","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-9-72","heading":"Arbitration of requests for diversions of watercourses.","body":"In all cases where it may be deemed desirable and necessary to divert any watercourse from its usual channel for any of the purposes specified in Code Section 44-9-70, it shall be lawful to submit the request to arbitration as provided in Chapter 9 of Title 9; and the arbitrators shall decide if it is necessary to divert the watercourse, who will be damaged by the diversion, and the amount of damage which will result.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 9 Easements","Article 4 Rights of Way for Mining, Quarrying, and Other Businesses"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"633b7b103795744576f0f86d8252f437191c721231e28ccea3213fba5d8b66eb","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-9-71","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-9-73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}