---
title: O.C.G.A. § 13-5-4. Mistake of fact or law.
collection: code
id: 13-5-4
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 13-5-4 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-5-4
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-5-4.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-5-4/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=e4dbdcfd_0#page=304
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-5.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-5-3.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-5-5.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CONTRACTS / DEFENSES / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 13-5-4. Mistake of fact or law.

If the consideration upon which a contract is based was given as a result of a mutual mistake of fact or of law, the contract cannot be enforced.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2707; Code 1868, § 2701; Code 1873, § 2743; Code 1882, § 2743; Civil Code 1895, § 3660; Civil Code 1910, § 4245; Code 1933, § 20-308.

## Cross References

Pleading of mistake as a defense, § 9-11-9. Equitable principles regarding accident and mistake generally, § 23-2-20 et seq.