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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-447. Authority’s property not subject to adverse possession or prescription.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-3-447. Authority’s property not subject to adverse possession or prescription.

In that the real and personal property of the authority is public property, title by adverse possession or prescription shall not run against the authority or the real and personal property of the authority, and there shall be no application of or ripening or perfection of title by the doctrine of adverse possession or prescription against the authority or against the real and personal property of the authority.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-3-447, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 623, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 12.