Adverse possession can grant someone ownership of land owned by another. With squatting on the rise, claims of adverse possession have become a bigger concern for homeowners.

Adverse possession laws can differ drastically from state to state. Adverse possession allows a person, like a squatter, to claim ownership of the land they are occupy if certain requirements are met.

Adverse possession is a principle of real estate law that allows a person who possesses someone else's land for an extended period of time to claim legal title to that land.

In that situation, adverse possession cannot apply in states that have a "hostility" requirement as part of an adverse possession statute or the common law. This precise issue came up in a recent ...

Adam Leitman Bailey and John Desiderio discuss how New York Courts are interpreting the way in which RPAPL §543 (Adverse possession; how affected by acts across a boundary line), enacted in 2008 ...

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 ...

You realize this seems to be a case of adverse possession, but you’re unsure of what that means for you and your land rights. Navigating through the maze of real estate law becomes vital.

The law of adverse possession doesn’t fit that part of our culture,” Williams, a former Jamaica Labour Party senator argued. “Let us say you go away for 24 years, ...

Here are three things to know about the new law. It halves the time required to own land through consistent use. The law, signed by Governor Josh Shapiro earlier this month, makes it easier for Philly ...

Through “adverse possession,” an obscure legal doctrine, an architect claimed the rights to 103.2 acres of Cape Cod woodlands in the 1970s, The New York Times reported. And more recently, a ...