Adverse possession allows a person, like a squatter, to gain ownership of land owned by someone else when certain requirements are met. The requirements for an individual to claim adverse possession ...

In certain instances, an individual can gain possession of your property if they meet specific requirements. The legal term for this is "adverse possession." As squatting incidents run rampant through ...

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 ...

Adverse possession can be a complex and contentious legal issue in real estate, as it involves determining the rights of the current possessor versus the original property owner. Understanding the ...

There’s no federal law that lets people inhabit an abandoned house. States have varying adverse possession laws. In many states, to claim possession, a person must live in the property for a set ...

Court filings state that a man named in the lawsuit as Marquise Busby told the court he had lived in and maintained the ...

In part, the way the West was won was by the employment of the device of adverse possession. Adverse possession is a method of acquiring legal title to real property simply by possessing it for some ...

Adverse Possession—In 2008, the Adverse Possession Statute Was Amended to, Inter Alia, "Discourage People From Claiming Adverse Possession Over Real Property They Know Belongs to Another With Superior ...

Last week, the Court of Appeals of Virginia rendered a significant opinion regarding the meaning of exclusivity required for claims of adverse possession. In Veldhuis v. Abboushi, Record No. 0776-22-4 ...

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 ...

‘My father built that house’: Houston senior says squatter is suing her after taking over home that’s been in her family for 70 years — by using a ‘legal backdoor’ to claim possession A decades-old ...