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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-171. Effect of intervening disabilities; tacking.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-171. Effect of intervening disabilities; tacking.

Prescription shall not run against persons under disability during the period of the disability. Upon removal of the disability the prior possession may be tacked or added to the subsequent possession to make out the prescription.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2646; Code 1868, § 2645; Code 1873, § 2687; Code 1882, § 2687; Civil Code 1895, § 3594; Civil Code 1910, § 4174; Code 1933, § 85-412.