I have heard where someone maintains a piece of property for a number of
years will try to take possession of it. Isn't that why there are
processioner records? The owners walk the property line to verify the
boundaries.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> How would one receive a tax bill for land he didn't legally own?
> Henry Wiencek
>
> Sent from my iPod
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> > On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:03 PM, John Adams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > 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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