Adverse possession is a legal doctrine under which a person (the "adverse possessor") trespassing on real property owned by someone else may acquire valid title to it so long as certain common law—and ...
A little legal knowledge can sometimes become a very frightening thing. Many laypersons have heard accounts, for instance, of “squatters” acquiring legal title to real property, through a doctrine ...
This decision arose from a “boundary dispute between owners of two parcels of property.” There are two-family homes on both subject properties. The defendant occupies his property, while the ...
Amendments to Article 5 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) that took effect on July 8, 2008, significantly altered the law applicable to adverse possession claims in New York. 1 ...
Property ownership can feel straightforward until you learn that someone might gain legal rights to a part of your land simply because they’ve occupied it for years without your permission. It may ...
Adverse possession is a legal doctrine under which a person (the "adverse possessor") trespassing on real property owned by someone else may acquire valid title to it so long as certain common law—and ...