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New York Code › Act RPP › Article 8 › Section 260

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§ 260. Lands adversely held may be conveyed or mortgaged. No grant,\nconveyance or mortgage of real property or interest therein shall be\nvoid for the reason that at the time of the delivery thereof such real\nproperty is in the actual possession of a person claiming under a title\nadverse to that of the grantor.\n

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