Adverse Possession Flashcards
(40 cards)
Adverse Possession ________ owners who ________ on their rights, and _________ adverse possessor’s who ____________rights by possession.
Punishes
Sleep
Rewards
Earn
Adverse Possession encourages the ______________ __________ ________ ___________, rather than allowing land to go ____________ and _________.
productive use of proeprty
Unattended and unused
Adverse Possession furthers the ______________ of land.
alienability
With adverse possession, you steal ownership of it. True or False.
True
Alienability means:
The free transferability of land.
The free transferability of land.
Alienability
_____________ is important for land because we want land to be put to its highest and best use, so it has to be easy for land to be bought and sold.
Alienability
Restraints on alienation are bad. True or False
True
A _____________ is a piece of paper that shows that you own the land.
Deed
One of the most difficult things to prove to acquire title through adverse possession is the ___________ ______________.
Statutory Period
The Statute of Limitations starts when the adverse possessor
Physically enter the land and begins the adverse possession.
The statute of limitations starts when the adverse possessor physically enters the land and begins the adverse possession. The true owner has the ability at any point during that statutory period to ____________ the adverse possessor to ___________ __________ of their ________.
Dispossess
Regain possession of their property
The statutory period for adverse possession starts when__________________________________. (When A enters and begins to adversely possess.
The cause of action accrues
Statutory period for adverse possession starts when the cause of action accrues (when A enters and begins to adversely possess). Owner has the right to commence action(s) for
1.
2.
3.
- Quiet Title
- Ejectment or
- Injunction
Statutory period for adverse possession starts when the cause of action accrues (when A enters and begins to adversely possess).
Owner has the right to commence action(s) for Quiet Title, ejectment, or Injunction.
Period ends at the end of the __________ __________, subject to an exception for __________ (as specified by statute.)
Statutory period
Disabilities
Statutory period for adverse possession starts when the cause of action accrues.
Owner has the right to commence action(s) for Quiet Title, Ejectment, or Injunction.
Period ends at the end of the statutory period, subject to an exception for disabilities (as specified by statute).
Law regarding AP is governed by both __________ rules and __________ __________ rules.
statutory
Court made
You actually physically are here and today you would do that by documenting taking a selfie, “day one of adverse possession.” This refers to what:
Actual entry
Pertains to the true owner of the property. They cannot be physically present, and they cannot give you permission to be there. This refers to what?
Giving exclusive possession
Pertains to the true owner of the property. They cannot be physically present, and they cannot give you permission to be there. This refers to what?
Giving exclusive possession
______________ is the landowner’s greatest defense to adverse possession.
Permission
It is impossible to separate _______ and __________.
Open and notorious
Visible/ Apparent and not hidden. The point is that you want to behave in such a way that the true owner would be able to have notice of the fact that you are AP.
What does this refer to?
Open and notorious
visible/ apparent and not hidden. The point is that you want to behave in such a way that the true owner would be able to have notice of the fact that you are Adverse possessing. They don’t ever have to get notice; they may have moved to Alaska and are never coming back. That is okay but you have to behave in a way that if they were looking _________ _________ ________ ________.
They would see it.
Receiving mail - filing out a federal form with a start date. I am now receiving mail at this location.
Open and notorious
