Georgia: 2 business days before you dig.
Georgia 811 · O.C.G.A. Title 25 ch. 9, §§25-9-3, 25-9-6
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
2 business days
Two to eight business days. The clock starts at 7:00 a.m. on the first business day after Georgia 811 receives it.
Tolerance zone
18" each side
The facility's width plus 18 inches each side of its outside edge.
Worth knowing in Georgia
Ticket life is 30 calendar days from an 'effective date' the statute does not pin down, so no date is shown.
Common questions about digging in Georgia
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in Georgia?
- 2 business days before you break ground, through Georgia 811. Two to eight business days. The clock starts at 7:00 a.m. on the first business day after Georgia 811 receives it.
- What is the tolerance zone in Georgia?
- 18" each side. The facility's width plus 18 inches each side of its outside edge.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off O.C.G.A. Title 25 ch. 9, §§25-9-3, 25-9-6, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source.
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