Statutes and regulations

Adverse possession.

Alaska Stat. § 42.40.450 · Alaska · Statutes

Title 42 › Chapter 42.40 › Section 42.40.450

Title to or interest in land owned by the corporation or under its jurisdiction may not be acquired by adverse possession or prescription, or in any other manner except by conveyance from or formal vacation

Adverse possession.

Alaska Stat. § 09.45.052 · Alaska · Statutes

Title 9 › Chapter 09.45 › Section 09.45.052

(a) The uninterrupted adverse notorious possession of real property under color and claim of title for seven years or more, or the uninterrupted adverse notorious possession of real property for 10 years … This subsection does not limit or expand the rights of a state or political subdivision under adverse possession or prescription as the law existed on July 17, 2003. Article 2.

Adverse possession

Ark. Code Ann. § 18-11-106 · Arkansas · Statutes

Title 18 › Chapter 11 › Subchapter 1 › Section 18-11-106

(a) To establish adverse possession of real property, the person and those under whom the person claims must have actual or constructive possession of the real property being claimed and have either: ( … (c) The requirements of this section are in addition to all other requirements for establishing adverse possession.

Adverse possession.

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-31.5 · Hawaii · Statutes

Division 4 › Title 36 › Chapter 657 › Section 657-31.5

However, any person defending an action under this part may claim adverse possession if that person's time period of adverse possession of the land exceeded twenty years prior to November 7, 1978, or exceeded … other earlier applicable time periods of adverse possession.

Adverse possession.

Iowa Code § 557.5 · Iowa · Statutes

Title XIV › Chapter 557 › Section 557.5

Adverse possession of real estate does not prevent any person from selling that person’s interest in the same.

326.543 Adverse possession

ORS § 326.543 · Oregon · Statutes

Title 30 › Chapter 326 › Section 326.543

(2) The interest or estate of an education service district, a facility, a post-secondary institution or a school district in any real property may not be extinguished or diminished by adverse possession … . [2007 c.552 §1; 2009 c.562 §19; 2011 c.637 §104] Source: Section 326.543 — Adverse possession , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors326.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

§ 281.004. ADVERSE POSSESSION.

Tex. Transportation Code § 281.004 · Texas · Statutes

Code tn › Chapter 281 › Section 281.004

For purposes of this chapter, adverse possession is not established by the: (1) use of a private road by the public with the permission of the owner; or (2) maintenance with public funds of a private

Adverse possession; defined

N.Y. RPA Law § 501 · New York · Statutes

Act RPA › Article 5 › Section 501

Adverse possession; defined. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. Adverse possessor. … A claim of right means a reasonable basis for the\nbelief that the property belongs to the adverse possessor or property\nowner, as the case may be.

No adverse possession.

Alaska Stat. § 29.71.010 · Alaska · Statutes

Title 29 › Chapter 29.71 › Section 29.71.010

A municipality may not be divested of title to real property by adverse possession.

Adverse possession; section lines.

Wis. Stat. § 893.24 · Wisconsin · Statutes

Chapter 893 › Section 893.24

(1) A written instrument or judgment that declares the boundaries of real estate adversely possessed under s. 893.29 , 1995 stats., or s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 does not affect any section line or any … (2) Occupation lines that the court declares to be property lines by adverse possession under s. 893.29 , 1995 stats., or s. 893.25 , 893.26 or 893.27 shall, by order of the court, be described by a

Land in adverse possession

Ark. Code Ann. § 18-12-602 · Arkansas · Statutes

Title 18 › Chapter 12 › Subchapter 6 › Section 18-12-602

Any person claiming title to any real estate, notwithstanding there may be an adverse possession thereof, may sell and convey his or her interest in the same manner and with like effect as if he or she … Any person claiming title to any real estate, notwithstanding there may be an adverse possession thereof, may sell and convey his or her interest in the same manner and with like effect as if he or she

Adverse possession - State conveyance

Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-2-101 · Tennessee · Statutes

Title 28 › Chapter 2 › Section 28-2-101

counties in which the land lies during the full term of such seven (7) years' adverse possession. … counties in which the land lies during the full term of such seven (7) years' adverse possession.

60-503 - Adverse possession.

K.S.A. § 60-503 · Kansas · Statutes

Chapter 60 › Article 5 › Section 60-503

Adverse possession. … No action shall be maintained against any person for the recovery of real property who has been in open, exclusive and continuous possession of such real property, either under a claim knowingly adverse

Subordinate possession not adverse

Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-2-108 · Tennessee · Statutes

Title 28 › Chapter 2 › Section 28-2-108

Possession is not adverse within the meaning of this chapter, as to any person claiming a right or interest in the land, when taken and continued under a title bond, mortgage or other instrument acknowledging … Possession is not adverse within the meaning of this chapter, as to any person claiming a right or interest in the land, when taken and continued under a title bond, mortgage or other instrument acknowledging

243:45 Adverse Possession.

N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:45 · New Hampshire · Statutes

Title XX › Chapter 243 › Section 45

No title to any real estate or to any interest therein shall be acquired by or against a railroad by adverse possession, however exclusive or long continued.

RCW 64.90.705: Adverse possession, easement.

RCW 64.90.705 · Washington · Statutes

Title 64 › Chapter 90 › Section 705

A unit owner or person claiming through a unit owner may not acquire title by adverse possession to, or an easement by prescription in, a common element in derogation of the title of another unit owner

No adverse possession or prescription.

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 501-87 · Hawaii · Statutes

Division 3 › Title 28 › Chapter 501 › Section 501-87

No title, right, or interest in, to, or across registered land in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession; provided that this section shall not … prejudice any adverse claim, as against any person registered as first owner of land with a possessory title only, in respect of length of possession of any other person, who was in possession of the

§ 16.030. TITLE THROUGH ADVERSE POSSESSION.

Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.030 · Texas · Statutes

Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.030

(a) If an action for the recovery of real property is barred under this chapter, the person who holds the property in peaceable and adverse possession has full title, precluding all claims. … (b) A person may not acquire through adverse possession any right or title to real property dedicated to public use.

Adverse possession — “use” as evidence.

Iowa Code § 564.1 · Iowa · Statutes

Title XIV › Chapter 564 › Section 564.1

In all actions hereafter brought, in which title to any easement in real estate shall be claimed by virtue of adverse possession thereof for the period of ten years, the use of the same shall not be admitted … as evidence that the party claimed the easement as the party’s right, but the fact of adverse possession shall be established by evidence distinct from and independent of its use, and that the party against

Adverse possession - Assurance of title

Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-2-105 · Tennessee · Statutes

Title 28 › Chapter 2 › Section 28-2-105

Any person holding any real estate or land of any kind or any legal or equitable interest therein, and such person and those through whom such person claims having been in adverse possession of same for … Any person holding any real estate or land of any kind or any legal or equitable interest therein, and such person and those through whom such person claims having been in adverse possession of same for