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.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
§ 44-5-160. Nature of Title by Prescription
§ 44-5-161. Adverse Possession; Effect of Permissive Possession
§ 44-5-162. Effect of Fraud on Prescription
§ 44-5-163. When Adverse Possession for 20 Years Confers Title
§ 44-5-164. When Adverse Possession for Seven Years Confers Title
§ 44-5-165. How Actual Possession of Lands Evidenced
§ 44-5-167. Extent of Constructive Possession Under Deed; Judicial Notice
§ 44-5-168. Adverse Possession of Mineral Rights Under Certain Conditions; Procedure to Obtain Title
§ 44-5-169. Possession of Land as Notice; Presumption From Possession of Husband and Wife
§ 44-5-170. Effect of Disabilities on Commencement of Prescription
§ 44-5-171. Effect of Intervening Disabilities; Tacking
§ 44-5-172. Tacking of Successive Possessions
§ 44-5-173. Prescription Involving Unrepresented Estates, Joint Tenancies, or Dismissed Actions
§ 44-5-174. Tacking of Prior Possession Originating in Fraud
§ 44-5-175. Prescription Involving Incorporeal Rights
§ 44-5-176. Effect on Prescription of Notice of Instrument Creating a Lien