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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-1-7. Possession of personalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-1-7. Possession of personalty.

Personalty is deemed to be in the possession of a party when that party’s right to the property is accompanied by immediate actual or constructive possession.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2218; Code 1868, § 2212; Code 1873, § 2238; Code 1882, § 2238; Civil Code 1895, § 3071; Civil Code 1910, § 3647; Code 1933, § 85-1702.