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  • App. § 10. Vermont endangered and threatened species rule

    10APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 · Vermont · Statutes

    Title 10APPENDIX › Chapter 1 › Section 10

    The rule also sets out a process for the issuance of permits for the taking and possession of endangered and threatened species and the destruction or adverse impact to designated critical habitat. 3.0 … Provided that the mitigation is commensurate with the taking or adverse impact proposed, mitigation may include: (a) a requirement to rectify the taking or adverse impact or to reduce the adverse impact

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  • Petitions; concealment; embezzlement; conversion; adverse interest; attachment

    Ind. Code § 29-1-13-10 · Indiana · Statutes

    Title 29 › Article 1 › Chapter 13 › Section 29-1-13-10

    interested in the estate alleging that any person has, or is suspected to have, concealed, embezzled, converted or disposed, of any real or personal property belonging to the estate of a decedent, or has possession … Insofar as concerns parties claiming an interest adverse to the estate, such procedure for disclosure or to determine title is an independent proceeding and not with IC 29-1-7-2.

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  • § 263.054. RELINQUISHMENT OF ABANDONED LAND.

    Tex. Local Government Code § 263.054 · Texas · Statutes

    Code lg › Chapter 263 › Section 263.054

    county for the purpose of the donation for more than 40 years; and (2) it is shown that the donor of the land and the donor's successors in title have been in actual, continuous, open, peaceful, and adverse … possession of the land for 40 years or more preceding the date of the order.

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  • Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment

    30 U.S.C. § 26 · Federal · Statutes

    Title 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING › CHAPTER 2—MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

    The locators of all mining locations made on any mineral vein, lode, or ledge, situated on the public domain, their heirs and assigns, where no adverse claim existed on the 10th day of May 1872 so long … But their right of possession to such outside parts of such veins or ledges shall be confined to such portions thereof as lie between vertical planes drawn downward as above described, through the end

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  • 5-209 POSSESSION UNDER ORAL CLAIM OF TITLE.

    Idaho Code § 5-209 · Idaho · Statutes

    Title 5 › Chapter 2 › Section 5-209

    Possession under oral claim of title. … of land, under a claim of title, exclusive of any other right, but not founded upon a written instrument, judgment or decree, the land so actually occupied, and no other, is deemed to have been held adversely

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  • 3-04-03. Surrender of property adversely claimed

    N.D. Cent. Code § 3-04-03 · North Dakota · Statutes

    Title 3 › Chapter 3-04 › Section 3-04-03

    Surrender of property adversely claimed If an agent receives anything for the benefit of the agent's principal, to the possession of which another person is entitled, the agent on demand must surrender

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  • Section 12-710

    735 ILCS 5/12-710 · Illinois · Statutes

    Chapter 735 › Act 5 › Section 12-710

    Adverse claims; Trial. … (a) In the event any indebtedness or other property due from or in the possession of a garnishee is claimed by any other person, the court shall permit the claimant to appear and maintain his or her claim

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  • Confirmation of sale

    Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-607 · Arkansas · Statutes

    Title 18 › Chapter 60 › Subchapter 6 › Section 18-60-607

    (a) There should be no confirmation of the sale of any lands that are in actual possession of any person claiming title adverse to the petitioner, nor shall there be any confirmation of the sale of lands … (a) There should be no confirmation of the sale of any lands that are in actual possession of any person claiming title adverse to the petitioner, nor shall there be any confirmation of the sale of lands

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  • § 541.024 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS AFFECTING TITLE TO OR POSSESSION OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS.

    Minn. Stat. § 541.024 · Minnesota · Statutes

    Part 540_552 › Chapter 541 › Section 541.024

    or title of the real estate shall be commenced on or after June 15, 1978, to enforce any adverse right, claim, interest, incumbrance, or lien, based upon the alleged invalidity of the county auditor's … It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that, except as provided by Laws 1977, Chapter 265, unadjudicated adverse rights shall not fetter the marketability of tax titles of real estate.

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  • 516.090 Statute not to extend to certain lands.

    Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.090 · Missouri · Statutes

    Chapter 516 › Section 516.090

    This section shall be construed to prohibit any judgment granting adverse possession to a claimant where the defendant possesses an interest in land described in a recorded deed and is a public utility

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  • Judgment for possession of premises for alleged termination of tenancy; grounds for not entering; retaliatory termination of tenancy; presumptions; burden.

    Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5720 · Michigan · Statutes

    Chapter 600 › Act Act-236-of-1961 › Section 600.5720

    That the plaintiff committed a breach of the lease which excuses the payment of rent if possession is claimed for nonpayment of rent. … defendant, a presumption adverse to the defense of retaliatory termination arises and the defendant has the burden to establish the defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

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  • Section 40-10-80 Judgment When Party Claiming Adversely to Tax Title Has Made Payment or Tender

    Ala. Code § 40-10-80 · Alabama · Statutes

    Title 40 › Chapter 10 › Section 40-10-80

    If, in any action brought to recover the possession of lands sold for taxes by or against the purchaser or other person claiming under him, it is shown that the party claiming adversely to the tax title

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  • 13-93-314. Other property to which lien attaches

    C.R.S. § 13-93-314 · Colorado · Statutes

    Title 13 › Article 93 › Part 3 › Section 13-93-314

    licensed legal paraprofessional has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon any papers of the licensed legal paraprofessional's client that have come into the licensed legal paraprofessional's possession … in the course of the licensed legal paraprofessional's professional employment and upon money due to the licensed legal paraprofessional's client in the hands of the adverse party in an action or proceeding

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  • Removal of buildings on lands sold

    N.Y. SCT Law § 69 · New York · Statutes

    Act SCT › Article 2 › Section 69

    Any person who under such\ndeed may enter into possession of such real estate and erect or place\nany building, building materials, or other property thereon, shall have\nthe right in case he shall be … ousted by any person claiming adversely to\nsaid deed, within three months after trial, judgment or ouster or\nrejectment, to remove said building, building materials or property from\nsaid real estate

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  • § 508A.02 REGISTERED, UNREGISTERED LAND SUBJECT TO SAME INCIDENTS.

    Minn. Stat. § 508A.02 · Minnesota · Statutes

    Part 500_515B › Chapter 508A › Section 508A.02

    Land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be registered subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and rights which would be disclosed by a survey, except that no title in derogation … of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession after the date of the first CPT; otherwise, land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be subject to

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  • View Statute 25-402

    Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-402 · Nebraska · Statutes

    Chapter 25 › Section 25-402

    different counties, the possession of such tracts must be recovered by separate actions brought in the counties where they are situated. … Where none of the defendants have or claim any interest adverse to plaintiff in the property situated in the county in which the action is brought, the court has no jurisdiction over land of such defendants

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  • RCW 49.44.230: Searches of employee personal vehicles.

    RCW 49.44.230 · Washington · Statutes

    Title 49 › Chapter 44 › Section 230

    (b) An employee may possess any of the employee's private property within the employee's vehicle, unless possession of such property is otherwise prohibited by law. … An adverse action means any action taken or threatened by an employer against an employee for exercising the employee's rights under this section, and may include, but are not limited to: (a) Denying the

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  • 26.1-36.12-04. Personnel qualified to review appeals

    N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-36.12-04 · North Dakota · Statutes

    Title 26.1 › Chapter 26.1-36.12 › Section 26.1-36.12-04

    Shall possess a valid nonrestricted license to practice medicine. b. … May not have been directly involved in making the adverse determination. f.

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  • Counterclaim for improvements.

    Wis. Stat. § 843.09 · Wisconsin · Statutes

    Chapter 843 › Section 843.09

    In any action brought for a declaration of right to possession or to recover possession of real property or to remove claimed encroachments, a defendant in addition to defending against plaintiff’s claim … may by counterclaim allege that the defendant or a person under whom the defendant claims, while holding adversely by color of title asserted in good faith, has made permanent and valuable improvements

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  • Public property

    Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1408 · Arkansas · Statutes

    Title 18 › Chapter 15 › Subchapter 14 › Section 18-15-1408

    (c) The rights of the public to cemetery property under this section shall be in the nature of an adverse possession. … (c) The rights of the public to cemetery property under this section shall be in the nature of an adverse possession.

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