Possession of personal property in conformance with the requirements of Code Section 44-5-161 for a period of four years confers title to the property by prescription. No prescription arises if the property is concealed, is removed from the state, or is otherwise not subject to reclamation.
History. Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 569; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 233, §§ 2, 4; Code 1863, § 2644; Code 1868, § 2643; Code 1873, § 2685; Code 1882, § 2685; Civil Code 1895, § 3592; Civil Code 1910, § 4172; Code 1933, § 85-1706.
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