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 ...

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 ...

Adverse Possession—Plaintiff Acquired Ownership of Garage and Part of Underlying Property by Adverse Possession—Quiet Title—Trespass—Negligence—Conversion—Legal Ownership Is Not a Bar to an Adverse ...

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 ...

Question: We have lived in our Peoria home seven years. There has never been a fence or even rocks to mark the boundary line for our backyard. When we moved into this home our neighbor’s swing set was ...

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 ...

Once again, cottage season is upon us—and like the return of the season, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) has returned to the well-settled law of adverse possession, which continues to ...

Q: We have a neighbor who we share a driveway with as well as a row of shrubs and soil around various tree rows. This has been going on for a number of years, and our neighbor, who regularly mowed the ...

Did you know that in Kenya, a person in possession of land owned by someone else may acquire a valid title deed to it, as long as certain requirements are met? Adverse possession is a legal doctrine ...

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