If the possession of real property shall be given to the mortgagee, the mortgagor may redeem at any time within ten years from the last recognition by the mortgagee of such right of redemption.
(Code 1863, § 1966; Code 1868, § 1954; Code 1873, § 1964; Code 1882, § 1964; Civil Code 1895, § 2734; Civil Code 1910, § 3267; Code 1933, § 67-115; Code 1981, §44-14-42.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 44.)
Editor's notes.- The provisions of this Code section were previously enacted in substantially similar form by the Acts and codes listed in the historical citation. However, those provisions were not originally enacted as part of O.C.G.A. by the Code enactment Act (Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8).