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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-9-6. Loss of easement by abandonment or nonuse.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-9-6. Loss of easement by abandonment or nonuse.

An easement may be lost by abandonment or forfeited by nonuse if the abandonment or nonuse continues for a term sufficient to raise the presumption of release or abandonment.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3068; Civil Code 1910, § 3644; Code 1933, § 85-1403.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Aggregate Supply Co. v. Sewell, 217 Ga. 407, 122 S.E.2d 580 (1961), as to nonabandonability of a profit a’prendre, see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 473 (1963).

## History of Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Winham, King & Aldridge v. McGuire, 51 Ga. 578 (1874).