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2019 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 7 - Prescription
§ 44-5-163. When adverse possession for 20 years confers title
Universal Citation: GA Code § 44-5-163 (2019)
Possession of real property in conformance with the requirements of Code Section 44-5-161 for a period of 20 years shall confer good title by prescription to the property against everyone except the state and those persons laboring under the disabilities stated in Code Section 44-5-170.
History:Laws 1767, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 560; Code 1863, § 2641; Code 1868, § 2640; Code 1873, § 2682; Code 1882, § 2682; Civil Code 1895, § 3588; Civil Code 1910, § 4168; Code 1933, § 85-406.
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