Official Code of Georgia Annotated/Title 1/Chapter 2/Section 9
Such citizens of the other states of the Union as are recognized as citizens of the United States by the Constitution thereof shall be entitled, while temporarily within this state, to all the rights of citizens thereof, except the elective franchise, the right to hold office, and the right to perform such civil functions as are confined by law to citizens of this state.
(Laws 1785, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 364; Code 1863, § 1591; Code 1868, § 1654; Code 1873, § 1659; Code 1882, § 1659; Civil Code 1895, § 1813; Civil Code 1910, § 2170; Code 1933, § 79—301.)
Cross references.—Determination of resident status of university students for tuition or fee purposes, § 20—3—66.
Determination of residence for purpose of voter registration, § 21—2—217.
License requirements for motor vehicles of nonresidents, § 40—2—90 et seq.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Right of persons in this state other than citizens are fixed by former Civil Code 1910, § 2170 (see now O. C. G. A. § 1—2—9) and former Civil Code 1910, §§ 2171, 2173 (see now O. C. G. A. § 1—2—11). Silver v. State, 147 Ga. 162, 93 S. E. 145 (1917).
Right which citizens of state acquire for taking and cultivation of fish is property right and is not a mere privilege or immunity of citizenship. Silver v. State, 147 Ga. 162, 93 S. E. 145 (1917).
Cited in McLendon v. Everett, 205 Ga. 713, 55 S. E. 2d 119 (1949); J. Bain, Inc. v. Poulos, 121 Ga. App. 647, 175 S. E. 2d 86 (1970); Kennedy v. Ga. Dep’t of Human Res. Child Support Enforcement, 286 Ga. App. 222, 648 S. E. 2d 727 (2007).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.—25 Am. Jur. 2d, Domicil, §§ 2, 7 et seq.
C. J. S.—14 C. J. S., Citizens, §§ 3 et seq., 28, 29. 28 C. J. S., Domicile, §§ 3, 4, 11.
ALR.—Validity of testamentary trust to promote women’s rights, 28 A. L. R. 720.
What businesses or establishments fall within state civil rights statute provisions prohibiting discrimination, 87 A. L. R. 2d 120.