{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-173","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-5-173","heading":"Prescription involving unrepresented estates, joint tenancies, or dismissed actions.","body":"(a) Prescription shall not run against an unrepresented estate until representation is had thereon, provided such representation commences within five years.\n(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.\n(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.","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":"be8f9ffa50086396cc79fc27b97d81ff66e8350383a0069833e05bd158f96600","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-172","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-174"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}