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  • Extended order may prohibit possession of firearm by adverse party; factors for court to consider in determining whether to prohibit possession of firearm; exception; penalty

    Nev. Rev. Stat. § 33.031 · Nevada · Statutes

    Title 3 › Chapter 33 › Section 33.031

    A court may include in an extended order issued pursuant to NRS 33.030 : (a) A requirement that the adverse party surrender, sell or transfer any firearm in the adverse party's possession or under the … control any firearm if the adverse party establishes that: (a) The adverse party is employed by an employer who requires the adverse party to use or possess a firearm as an integral part of the adverse

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  • Property owned by state or political subdivision; adverse possession action against political subdivision barred after 6-30-1998

    Ind. Code § 32-21-7-2 · Indiana · Statutes

    Title 32 › Article 21 › Chapter 7 › Section 32-21-7-2

    (a) Title to real property owned by the state or a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) may not be alienated by adverse possession. … (b) A cause of action based on adverse possession may not be commenced against a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) after June 30, 1998.

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  • § 37-1-22. Title in fee simple by adverse possession; action after ten years barred; definition; payment of taxes

    N.M. Stat. § 37-1-22 · New Mexico · Statutes

    Chapter 37 › Article 1 › Section 37-1-22

    possession as aforesaid, shall be entitled to keep and hold in possession such quantity of lands as shall be specified and described in some writing purporting to give color of title to such adverse occupant … actual possession shall have been taken by such mineral claimant; and provided further in no case must “adverse possession” be considered established within the meaning of the law, unless the party claiming

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  • §55-2-1a. Ownership or possession of surface of lands after severance of minerals not adverse to owner of minerals.

    W. Va. Code § 55-2-1A · West Virginia · Statutes

    Chapter 55 › Article 2 › Section 1A

    Whenever title to any minerals in land and the rights appurtenant thereto have been, or shall hereafter be, severed from title to the surface, the continuity of the possession of such minerals and the … rights appurtenant thereto shall not be deemed to have been broken by such severance; and ownership or possession of the surface after severance shall not be adverse to the interests of the owner or owners

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  • 12-525 Real property in adverse possession and use under duly recorded deed with possessor paying taxes; five year limitation; exception

    A.R.S. § 12-525 · Arizona · Statutes

    Title 12 › Chapter 5 › Article 2 › Section 525

    Real property in adverse possession and use under duly recorded deed with possessor paying taxes; five year limitation; exception A. … An action to recover real property from a person in peaceable and adverse possession, and cultivating, using or enjoying the property, and paying taxes thereon, and claiming under a deed or deeds duly

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  • SECTION 15-67-250. What constitutes adverse possession under claim of title not under written instrument or court judgment or decree.

    S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-250 · South Carolina · Statutes

    Title 15 › Chapter 67 › Article 3 › Section 15-67-250

    For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed in the following

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  • RCW 7.28.083: Adverse possession—Reimbursement of taxes or assessments—Payment of unpaid taxes or assessments—Awarding of costs and attorneys' fees.

    RCW 7.28.083 · Washington · Statutes

    Title 7 › Chapter 28 › Section 083

    (1) A party who prevails against the holder of record title at the time an action asserting title to real property by adverse possession was filed, or against a subsequent purchaser from such holder, may … due under subsection (1) of this section, the court shall determine how to allocate taxes or assessments between the property acquired by adverse possession and the property retained by the titleholder

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  • Requirements for surrender, sale or transfer of firearm in possession of adverse party; authorization to charge fee for collection and storage of firearm

    Nev. Rev. Stat. § 33.033 · Nevada · Statutes

    Title 3 › Chapter 33 › Section 33.033

    adverse party's possession or under the adverse party's custody or control to a person designated by the court in the order; (c) Sell or transfer any firearm in the adverse party's possession or under … If there is probable cause to believe that the adverse party has not surrendered, sold or transferred any firearm in the adverse party's possession or under the adverse party's custody or control within

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  • 12-526 Real property in adverse possession and use by possessor; ten year limitation; limit of area; fixing of boundaries under duly recorded memorandum of title

    A.R.S. § 12-526 · Arizona · Statutes

    Title 12 › Chapter 5 › Article 2 › Section 526

    Real property in adverse possession and use by possessor; ten year limitation; limit of area; fixing of boundaries under duly recorded memorandum of title A. … A person who has a cause of action for recovery of any lands, tenements or hereditaments from a person having peaceable and adverse possession thereof, cultivating, using and enjoying such property, shall

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  • Sec. 47-27. Title by adverse possession by or against railroad or street railway corporation, against nonprofit land-holding organization or against investor-owned water company.

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-27 · Connecticut · Statutes

    Title 47 › Chapter 821 › Section 47-27

    (b) No length of possession, use or occupancy of land belonging to a nonprofit land-holding organization or of land subject to a conservation restriction, as defined in section 47-42a , held by a nonprofit … The provisions of this subsection shall not affect any right in or to such land acquired by length of possession, use or occupancy pursuant to law prior to October 1, 2002.

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  • Property of drainage districts - Definition

    Ark. Code Ann. § 22-1-205 · Arkansas · Statutes

    Title 22 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter 2 › Section 22-1-205

    (b) (1) No title or right of possession to property of a drainage district, or any portion thereof, shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy. (2) No easement or right of way of a drainage … (1) No title or right of possession to property of a drainage district, or any portion thereof, shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy.

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  • Roads and parks

    Ark. Code Ann. § 22-1-201 · Arkansas · Statutes

    Title 22 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter 2 › Section 22-1-201

    (a) No title or right of possession to any public thoroughfare, road, highway, or public park, or any portion thereof, shall or can be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy, and the right … possession or adverse occupancy of any such land so dedicated to the public, or any portion thereof, where the adverse possession or occupancy commenced after the passage of this section.

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  • Public school system property - Definition

    Ark. Code Ann. § 22-1-203 · Arkansas · Statutes

    Title 22 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter 2 › Section 22-1-203

    (b) No title or right of possession to any public school system property, or any portion thereof, shall or can be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy thereof. … (b) No title or right of possession to any public school system property, or any portion thereof, shall or can be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy thereof.

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  • Property of levee districts - Definition

    Ark. Code Ann. § 22-1-206 · Arkansas · Statutes

    Title 22 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter 2 › Section 22-1-206

    (b) (1) No title or right of possession to property of a levee district or any portion of a levee district's property shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy. (2) No easement or right … (1) No title or right of possession to property of a levee district or any portion of a levee district's property shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy.

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  • Establishing title; payment of taxes and special assessments by adverse possessor; exception for governmental entities and exempt organizations

    Ind. Code § 32-21-7-1 · Indiana · Statutes

    Title 32 › Article 21 › Chapter 7 › Section 32-21-7-1

    claims to have adversely possessed the real property. … during the period of adverse possession.

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  • § 16.0265.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.0265 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.0265

    ADVERSE POSSESSION BY COTENANT HEIR: 15-YEAR COMBINED LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … (c) To make a claim of adverse possession against a cotenant heir under this section, the cotenant heir or heirs claiming adverse possession must: (1) file in the deed records of the county in which the

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  • 38-41-101. Limitation of eighteen years

    C.R.S. § 38-41-101 · Colorado · Statutes

    Title 38 › Article 41 › Part 1 › Section 38-41-101

    Eighteen years' adverse possession of any land shall be conclusive evidence of absolute ownership. … ; and (II) Either the person claiming by adverse possession or a predecessor in interest of such person had a good faith belief that the person in possession of the property of the owner of record was

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  • Section 893.305

    Wis. Stat. § 893.305 · Wisconsin · Statutes

    Chapter 893 › Section 893.305

    (d) A statement that the adverse possession or adverse use of real estate described in par. … (c) is interrupted and that a new period of adverse possession or adverse use may begin the day after the affidavit is recorded.

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  • 516.010 Actions for recovery of lands commenced, when.

    Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.010 · Missouri · Statutes

    Chapter 516 › Section 516.010

    Lewis (Mo.), 244 S.W.2d 87. (1952) Adverse possession defined. City of Kirksville v. … City of Independence (Mo.), 388 S.W.2d 769. (1968) Evidence held to support title by adverse possession. All elements of adverse possession discussed. Mitler v. Warner (MO.), 433 S.W.2d 259.

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  • § 16.026.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.026 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.026

    ADVERSE POSSESSION: 10-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … If the number of enclosed acres exceeds 160 acres, peaceable and adverse possession extends to the real property actually enclosed.

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