44-9-55. Establishment of private way by prescription; when owners barred from damages.

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

When a person has established a private way and has enjoyed its use for as long as seven years, the right to use the private way shall become complete and the owners shall be barred from damages, provided that the owners have had six months’ knowledge of such facts without moving for damages.

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, § 703; Code 1868, § 765; Code 1873, § 731; Code 1882, § 731; Civil Code 1895, § 672; Civil Code 1910, § 818; Code 1933, § 83-113; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.

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Text read from t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, pages 95 to 96; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 02e72213893a.