2020 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 1 - Grants From State
§ 44-5-14. Presumption of Grant on 20 Years' Possession
When the land is subject to entry and grant, 20 years' possession of land under a claim of right shall authorize the courts to presume a grant.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2335; Code 1868, § 2332; Code 1873, § 2363; Code 1882, § 2363; Civil Code 1895, § 3222; Civil Code 1910, § 3810; Code 1933, § 85-313.)
Cross references.- Conferring title after 20 years' adverse possession, § 44-5-163.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Allegations sufficient to satisfy requirements.
- Bill alleging that the complainant and its predecessors in title have been in possession for 20 to 50 years, and that such possession has been public, continuous, open, notorious, exclusive, uninterrupted, and peaceable, and accompanied by a claim of right, satisfies this and other sections on the subject. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Georgia R.R. & Banking Co., 227 F. 276 (S.D. Ga. 1915).
