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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
Adverse possession is a method of acquiring title through possession that satisfies every statutory element for the required period, commonly including possession that is actual, open, notorious, exclusive, continuous, and hostile to the true owner's rights.
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GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEBuild the complete exam definition
Learn the rule, separate it from the nearest distractor, then apply it to a Georgia fact pattern.
What does Adverse possession mean?
Adverse possession is a method of acquiring title through possession that satisfies every statutory element for the required period, commonly including possession that is actual, open, notorious, exclusive, continuous, and hostile to the true owner's rights.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
Adverse possession claims ownership. A prescriptive easement seeks a use right rather than title to the possessed land.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
Georgia statutes control the required period and the effect of written evidence of title. A short exam stem must supply facts supporting every required element.
A person openly occupies and treats a defined strip as the person's own for the full statutory period without permission and satisfies all other legal elements.
Long use with the owner's permission is not hostile possession, and one missing element defeats the claim.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDERetrieve the rule under exam conditions
Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.
Without permission, Tom openly fences and uses a strip of his neighbor's land continuously and exclusively as his own. He has no deed or other written claim to it. How long must this continue for Tom to claim title in Georgia?
- A
7 years
- B
20 years
- C
10 years
- D
15 years
Georgia requires 20 years of qualifying possession, or 7 years under color of title. Tom has no deed or written claim, so the shorter period does not apply. Every element, including hostile possession without permission, must last the full period.
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I can explain the Georgia rule or confirm that the national rule applies.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
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