GA 40-3-26 - GA 40-3-26

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Effective notice of condemnation proceeding. - When the owner or lessee of a vehicle conveying or storing contraband is a nonresident, service by publication is effective notice of the condemnation proceeding, and whether the owner or lessee's security interest could be perfected is irrelevant. Taylor v. State Bank, 119 Ga. App. 50 , 165 S.E.2d 920 (1969). Cited in Gwinnett Sales & Serv. v. Trust Co., 130 Ga. App. 31 , 202 S.E.2d 255 (1973); In re Firth, 363 F. Supp. 369 (M.D. Ga. 1973); First Union Nat'l Bank v. GMAC, 191 Ga. App. 323 , 381 S.E.2d 573 (1989). <h4...