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 ...

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 ...

Retail, commercial, and industrial property owners need to be diligent about policing their property boundary lines to avoid losing valuable property rights to an encroaching neighbor. The doctrine of ...

A neighborly squabble over a goat pen illustrates how the legal doctrine of adverse possession operates in the United States. If you own something, whether it's your car or some shares of Apple stock, ...

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 ...

Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., write that a review of adverse possession decisions issued after the enactment of the 2008 RPAPL amendments shows that during ...

A question that arises with some frequency in our practice is whether a public entity can adversely possess a property interest against another public entity. The general rule of thumb is that a ...

This decision arose from a “boundary dispute between owners of two parcels of property.” There are two-family homes on both subject properties. The defendant occupies his property, while the ...

Adverse Possession: Adverse possession is a legal principle. Let's learn what this principle means and why it is important for landlords. Adverse Possession: Adverse possession is a unique principle ...