§801. Rights of entry and action barred in 20 years No person shall commence any real or mixed action for the recovery of lands, or make an entry thereon, unless within 20 years after the right to do so first accrued, or unless within 20 years after he or those under whom he claims were […]
§802. Right begins to run If such right or title first accrued to an ancestor, predecessor or other person under whom the plaintiff claims, said 20 years shall be computed from the time when the right or title first accrued to such ancestor, predecessor or other person.
§803. Right deemed to accrue The right of entry or of action to recover land, as used in this subchapter, first accrues at the following times: 1. When disseized. When a person is disseized, at the time of such disseizin; 2. Heir or devisee. When he claims as heir or devisee of one […]
§804. Entry for condition broken Section 803 shall not prevent any person from entering, when so entitled by reason of any forfeiture or breach of condition; but if he claims under such a title, his right accrues when the forfeiture was incurred or the condition broken.
§805. Accrual of right of entry In all cases not otherwise provided for, the right of entry accrues when the claimant, or the person under whom he claims, first became entitled to the possession of the premises under the title on which the entry or action is founded.
§806. Action by minister or sole corporation If a minister or other sole corporation is disseized, any of his successors may enter upon the premises or bring an action for their recovery at any time within 5 years after the death, resignation or removal of the person disseized, notwithstanding 20 years after disseizin have expired. […]
§807. Minors and other disabled persons When such right of entry or action first accrues, if the person thereto entitled is a minor, mentally ill, imprisoned or absent from the United States, he, or anyone claiming under him, may make the entry or bring the action at any time within 10 years after such disability […]
§808. Death during period of disability If the person first entitled to make the entry or bring the action dies during the continuance of the disability and no determination or judgment has been had on his title or right of action, the entry may be made or action brought by his heirs, or other person […]
§809. Death of tenant in tail or remainderman before end of limitation When a tenant in tail or a remainderman in tail dies before the expiration of the period limited for making an entry or bringing an action for lands, no person claiming any estate which such tenant in tail or remainderman might have barred […]
§810-A. Mistake of boundary line If a person takes possession of land by mistake as to the location of the true boundary line, the possessor’s mistaken belief does not defeat a claim of adverse possession. [PL 2009, c. 255, §1 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 244, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 255, §1 […]
§810. Type of possession; need for enclosure To constitute a disseizin, or such exclusive and adverse possession of lands as to bar or limit the right of the true owner thereof to recover them, such lands need not be surrounded with fences or rendered inaccessible by water; but it is sufficient, if the possession, occupation […]
§811. Failure of first action; effect on limitations If the summons and complaint in a real or mixed action fails of sufficient service or return by unavoidable cause, or if by the default or negligence of any officer to whom it was delivered or directed for service, the action is dismissed; or if the action […]
§812-A. Dedication of land in the unorganized territory to public use; notice to prevent If a person apprehends that his land in the unorganized territory or any interest therein may be dedicated to public use by custom, use or by any act or acts of that person or any persons acting on his behalf, he […]
§812-B. Recording requirements To satisfy the recording provisions of sections 812 and 812‑A, with respect to land in the unorganized territory, the notice shall describe the land specifically or by reference to source of title, so as to identify it, and shall not be in the form of a reference to whatever land the person […]
§812. Acquisition of rights-of-way and easements by adverse possession; notice to prevent No person, class of persons or the public shall acquire a right-of-way or other easement through, in, upon or over the land of another by the adverse use and enjoyment thereof, unless it is continued uninterruptedly for 20 years. If a person apprehends […]
§813. Adverse obstruction on rights-of-way; interruption by notice No right-of-way or other easement existing in, upon, over or through the land of another shall be extinguished by the adverse obstruction thereof, unless such adverse obstruction has been continued uninterruptedly for 20 years. A notice in writing given by the owner of such right-of-way or other […]
§814. Trespass on wild lands; notice to quit; record; private roads in unorganized territory If any person without right dwells upon or in any manner occupies any lands which on the first day of April, 1883 were wild lands, any owner of such wild lands or of any legal or equitable interest therein may cause […]
§815. Forty years’ possession bars action for recovery of land No real or mixed action for the recovery of lands shall be commenced or maintained against any person in possession thereof, when such person or those under whom he claims have been in actual possession for more than 40 years, claiming to hold them by […]
§816. Limitations of actions for uncultivated lands in incorporated places No real or mixed action for the recovery of uncultivated lands or of any undivided fractional part thereof, situated in any place incorporated for any purpose, shall be commenced or maintained against any person, or entry made thereon, when such person or those under whom […]
§817. Limitation of actions for breach of covenants; vested interest in 6-year limitations period 1. Twenty years. An action on a breach of covenants in any deed or other instrument for the conveyance of real property in this State or any interest therein must be commenced within 20 years after the cause of action accrues. […]
