Georgia Code
Article 7 - Prescription
§ 44-5-163. When Adverse Possession for 20 Years Confers Title

Possession of real property in conformance with the requirements of Code Section 44-5-161 for a period of 20 years shall confer good title by prescription to the property against everyone except the state and those persons laboring under the disabilities stated in Code Section 44-5-170.
History. Laws 1767, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 560.; Code 1863, § 2641; Code 1868, § 2640; Code 1873, § 2682; Code 1882, § 2682; Civil Code 1895, § 3588; Civil Code 1910, § 4168; Code 1933, § 85-406.
Cross references.
Surveying and marking boundary lines of property possessed under claim of right for more than seven years, § 44-4-7.
Presumption of grant from state upon 20 years’ possession of land under claim of right, § 44-5-14 .
Law reviews.
For article, “Some Aspects of the Law of Easements,” see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 287 (1973).
For annual survey of real property law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 331 (2005).
For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007).
For article with annual survey on real property, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 217 (2021).

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