In Virginia adverse possession can be permanent after 25 or 30 years of
uncontested 'ownership'. I can't remember exactly. One is for adverse
possession and the other is for 'right of use' (as in right to go through
someone's land to get to yours. Each state is different in the time required
and also in whether the rightful owner needs to be aware of what is going on
or, has or has not allowed, tacitly or openly, the other person to use the
land before adverse possession can take place. This is of the top of my
head as I researched it a while ago but, it did not seem such a simple
thing to do in Virginia where, if I remember correctly, letting a person
know that they can use the land protects the owner from adverse possession
but, it can be the opposite result in other states.
Liana Arias
Court interpreter
Roanoke,VA
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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:39:59 -0500
From: John Adams <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Adverse Possession
You don't get a tax bill. You go to the tax office and PAY the taxes. Get
the receipt and hold on (occupy) to the land. You are probably also in
adverse possession of the land. Property is probably rural and may be
abandoned. That would be for the courts to decide
John P. Adams
Texas
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How would one receive a tax bill for land he didn't legally own?
Henry Wiencek
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> On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:03 PM, John Adams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Today in Texas, I believe it is 10 years of uncontested occupancy and
> payment of taxes. Maybe just Taxes being paid without other payments
> by other parties.
> It is a court case and must be adjudicated to transfer title. That I
> am positive about. Probably similar laws in Virginia John P. Adams
> Texas
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lyle E. Browning
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:37 AM
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> Subject: Adverse Possession
>
> Today, adverse possession must be "open and notorious" for a number of
> years before the subject land is adjudicated in court. In researching
> the Town of Beverley/Westham just west of Richmond in Henrico, towards
> the end of its existence early in the 19th century, it appears that
> Thomas Taylor tried such a move against Thomas Jefferson who reminded
> that worthy that TJ had the original deed and was not of any mind to
> allow Taylor to take the property.
>
> How long has the present system been in place? And if different in the
> late 18th to early 19th century, would the documents appear as deeds
> or in chancery suits or where?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lyle Browning
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