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title: O.C.G.A. § 24-14-27. Estoppel relating to real estate.
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# O.C.G.A. § 24-14-27. Estoppel relating to real estate.

(a) Where an estoppel relates to the title to real estate, the party claiming to have been influenced by the other party’s acts or declarations shall not only have been ignorant of the true title, but also ignorant of any convenient means of acquiring such knowledge.

(b) Where both parties have equal knowledge or equal means of obtaining the truth, there shall be no estoppel.

## History

Code 1981, § 24-14-27, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

## History of Section.

Former Code Section 24-4-25, which contained comparable provisions to this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decision in Wilkins v. McGhehee, 86 Ga. 764, 13 S.E. 84 (1891).