§ 501. Adverse possession; defined. For the purposes of this article: 1. Adverse possessor. A person or entity is an “adverse possessor” of real property when the person or entity occupies real property of another person or entity with or without knowledge of the other’s superior ownership rights, in a manner that would give the […]
§ 511. Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment. Where the occupant or those under whom the occupant claims entered into the possession of the premises under claim of right, exclusive of any other right, founding the claim upon a written instrument, as being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree […]
§ 512. Essentials of adverse possession under written instrument or judgment. For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession, founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in any of the following cases: 1. Where there has been acts sufficiently open to put a […]
§ 521. Adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment. Where there has been an actual continued occupation of premises under a claim of right, exclusive of any other right, but not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, the premises so actually occupied, and no others, are deemed to have been […]
§ 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 […]
§ 531. Adverse possession, how affected by relation of landlord and tenant. Where the relation of landlord and tenant has existed, the possession of the tenant is deemed the possession of the landlord until the expiration of ten years after the termination of the tenancy; or, where there has been no written lease, until the […]
§ 541. Adverse possession, how affected by relation of tenants in common. Where the relation of tenants in common has existed, the occupancy of one tenant, personally or by his servant or by his tenant, is deemed to have been the possession of the other, notwithstanding that the tenant so occupying the premises has acquired […]
§ 543. Adverse possession; how affected by acts across a boundary line. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the existence of de minimus non-structural encroachments including, but not limited to, fences, hedges, shrubbery, plantings, sheds and non-structural walls, shall be deemed to be permissive and non-adverse. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this […]
§ 551. Right of person to possession not affected by descent cast. The right of a person to the possession of real property is not impaired or affected by a descent being cast in consequence of the death of a person in possession of the property.
