Currently it takes up to 21 years of adverse possession for a property’s title to be acquirable, but a new state Senate amendment would cut it down to 10 years.
Under the proposed amendment, to obtain a title to the property the prospective owner would be required to start a quiet title action and provide notice to the property’s “record owners, their heirs, successors and assigns.” The respondents would get one year to respond with an ejectment. If the record owner’s ejectment concludes with a verdict or judgment in their favor, the quite title for the property would be terminated.
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