{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-164","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-5-164","heading":"When adverse possession for seven years confers title.","body":"Possession of real property under written evidence of title in conformance with the requirements of Code Section 44-5-161 for a period of seven 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, provided that, if the written title is forged or fraudulent and if the person claiming adverse possession had actual notice of such forgery or fraud when he commenced his possession, no prescription may be based on such possession.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 5 Acquisition and Loss of Property","Article 7 Prescription"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"fa216353194c6f30373bc15883488db029e7ee6b2a972c24af18fa8fc3d85bca","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-163","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-165"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}