# N.D. Cent. Code § 28-01-08: 28-01-08. Adverse possession when based upon written instrument

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.D. Cent. Code § 28-01-08
- **Heading:** 28-01-08. Adverse possession when based upon written instrument
- **Jurisdiction:** North Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** ND Code / Title 28 / Chapter 28-01 / Section 28-01-08

## Text

28-01-08. Adverse possession when based upon written instrument

Whenever it appears that the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, entered

into the possession of premises under a claim of title exclusive of any other right, founding such

claim upon a written instrument as being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the

decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and

possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree or judgment, or of some part of

such premises, under such claim for twenty years, the premises so included must be deemed to

have been held adversely.

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