# N.Y. RPA Law § 511: Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment

> New York · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S511

## Section

- **Citation:** N.Y. RPA Law § 511
- **Heading:** Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment
- **Jurisdiction:** New York
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** New York Code / Act RPA / Article 5 / Section 511

## Text

§ 511. Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment. Where\nthe occupant or those under whom the occupant claims entered into the\npossession of the premises under claim of right, exclusive of any other\nright, founding the claim upon a written instrument, as being a\nconveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment\nof a competent court, and there has been a continued occupation and\npossession of the premises included in the instrument, decree or\njudgment, or of some part thereof, for ten years, under the same claim,\nthe premises so included are deemed to have been held adversely; except\nthat when they consist of a tract divided into lots, the possession of\none lot is not deemed a possession of any other lot.\n

## Nearby sections

- [N.Y. RPA Law § 501 Adverse possession; defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S501.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 511 Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S511.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 512 Essentials of adverse possession under written instrument or judgment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S512.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 521 Adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S521.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 522 Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S522.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 531 Adverse possession, how affected by relation of landlord and tenant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S531.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 541 Adverse possession, how affected by relation of tenants in common](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S541.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 543 Adverse possession; how affected by acts across a boundary line](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S543.md)
- [N.Y. RPA Law § 551 Right of person to possession not affected by descent cast](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ARPA_A5_S551.md)

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