A lawsuit and adverse possession claim that attempted to derail the creation of a homeless services and shelter at the First ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Think your property lines are untouchable in Georgia? Think again. A little-known legal concept called adverse possession could put your land at risk, even if you hold the deed. Under specific ...

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 ...

In a case of first impression, the Land Court decided that shareholders of Massachusetts close corporations may acquire corporate real estate by adverse possession. In Szawlowski v. Szawlowski Realty, ...