O.C.G.A. § 44-5-173: Prescription involving unrepresented estates, joint tenancies, or dismissed actions.

(a) Prescription shall not run against an unrepresented estate until representation is had thereon, provided such representation commences within five years.

(b) Prescription shall not run against a joint title which cannot be severally enforced or where any of the joint owners labor under one of the disabilities specified in Code Section 44-5-170.

(c) Prescription shall not run against a party when his action, timely commenced, is involuntarily dismissed or voluntarily dismissed for the first time if he recommences the same within six months.