Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

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.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 384; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.