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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings » Article 5 - Adverse Possession » 522 – Essentials of Adverse Possession Not Under Written Instrument or Judgment.

§ 522. Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment. For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in either of the following cases, and no others:

1. Where there have been acts sufficiently open to put a reasonably diligent owner on notice.

2. Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure, except as provided in subdivision one of section five hundred forty-three of this article.