§ 18-61-102. Entry upon land or tenements — Exception for unpaved road easements
(a) An entry upon lands or tenements shall not be deemed sufficient or valid as a claim unless an action is commenced thereon within one (1) year after the entry and within seven (7) years from the time when the right to make the entry descended or accrued. (b) This section does not apply to […]
§ 18-61-103. Ejectment
No action of ejectment, when the plaintiff does not claim title to the lands, shall be brought or maintained when the plaintiff, or his or her testator or intestate, has been five (5) years out of possession.
§ 18-61-104. Forcible entry and detainer — Unlawful detainer
Three (3) years’ peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the premises immediately preceding the filing of a complaint for forcible entry and detainer or unlawful detainer may be pleaded by any defendant in bar of the plaintiff’s demand for possession.
§ 18-61-105. Recovery of lands sold at judicial sales generally
All actions against the purchaser or his or her heirs or assigns for the recovery of lands sold at judicial sales shall be brought within five (5) years after the date of the sale and not thereafter, except for minors, persons of unsound mind, and persons imprisoned overseas, the period shall be three (3) years […]
§ 18-61-106. Recovery of lands held under tax title
(a) No action for the recovery of any lands or for the possession thereof against any person or persons, their heirs and assigns, who may hold such lands by virtue of a purchase thereof at a sale by the collector, or the Commissioner of State Lands, for the nonpayment of taxes, or who may have […]
§ 18-60-1010. Open-market sale, sealed bids, or auction
(a) If the court orders a sale of heirs property, the sale must be an open-market sale unless the court finds that a sale by sealed bids or an auction would be more economically advantageous and in the best interest of the cotenants as a group. (b) If the court orders an open-market sale and […]
§ 18-60-1011. Report of open-market sale
(a) Unless required to do so within a shorter time by § 18-60-401 et seq., a broker appointed under § 18-60-1010(b) to offer heirs property for open-market sale shall file a report with the court not later than seven days after receiving an offer to purchase the property for at least the value determined under […]
§ 18-60-1012. Uniformity of application and construction
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
§ 18-60-1013. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
This subchapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. […]
§ 18-60-1014. Effective date
This subchapter takes effect January 1, 2016.