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Legal disputes often arise concerning ownership of underground storage tanks, which have been installed or affixed to real property. Resolution of such underground storage tank issues often depend upon whether the underground storage tanks attached to the realty are chattel and treated as personal property or whether the underground storage tanks are deemed fixtures and thereby treated as part of the real estate.

Most mid level marketers of petroleum products have had property taken through condemnation or eminent domain proceedings. Generally, this occurs when the Georgia Department of Transportation, a county or municipality needs property to improve an existing transportation system.