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2010 Georgia Code
Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE
Chapter 3 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS
E - 2. SPECIFIC PERIODS OF LIMITATION
§ . 9-3-33 -
O.C.G.A. 9-3-33 (2010)9-3-33. Injuries to the person; injuries to reputation; loss of consortium; exception
Actions for injuries to the person shall be brought within two years after the right of action accrues, except for injuries to the reputation, which shall be brought within one year after the right of action accrues, and except for actions for injuries to the person involving loss of consortium, which shall be brought within four years after the right of action accrues.
HISTORY: Laws 1767, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 562; Laws 1805, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 564; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 233, 5; Code 1863, 2992; Code 1868, 3005; Code 1873, 3060; Code 1882, 3060; Civil Code 1895, 3900; Civil Code 1910, 4497; Code 1933, 3-1004; Ga. L. 1964, p. 763, 1.
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