I dont believe it I had to purchase it at the sheriff sale.
It shouldn't. I think it's bad law. But it can and does. And Mr88GT wonders why I get so fired up when the neighbors mow into our property?
There was a thread WAY back a couple of years ago about this happening, but I think it also involved the squatter also paying property taxes on it also in order to take possession.
I was concerned when I bought my current property because it appears the neighbor added a driveway that encroaches over the property line by about 6 inches and I wanted to make sure it was not possible for an adverse taking to occur. From what I can tell, in Indiana so long as I pay taxes on my entire property the taking cannot occur. If anybody has access to different information I surely would be interested in knowing it. I have no desire to block his use of the driveway (it's on the property line far from my house) but I certainly don't want to ever cede my legal claim to that strip of land.
In Indiana paying the property taxes is a requirement of the adverse possessor. And that should be the clue to the property owner that something is amiss. Honestly, there should never be an adverse taking case. It takes a really ignorant property owner--or a completely absent one, which makes him ignorant in my book--to allow an adverse possessor to meet all the requirements for a legal and valid claim. I suppose that's the one saving grace of the law is that it's rather difficult to achieve all requirements for the entire duration of the time.
In Indiana paying the property taxes is a requirement of the adverse possessor.
I have heard this from different people and it is difficult for me to believe. Has there ever been a law in Indiana that if a portion of real property is used and taken care of by a neighbor, the neighbor can claim this portion of real property in court after seven years?
I'm not sure about the 7 years,
It's 10 years.
This would be great if all I have to do is mow the grass in my neighbors yard and I can have it!
Seriously - I'd do it. Their yard is huge and never gets mowed. They've got a teenage son that must play XBox all day because he doesn't do anything there. They never shovel in winter and...
If i was in your shoes i'd be hitting the lawbooks or talking to a lawyerThis would be great if all I have to do is mow the grass in my neighbors yard and I can have it!
Seriously - I'd do it. Their yard is huge and never gets mowed. They've got a teenage son that must play XBox all day because he doesn't do anything there. They never shovel in winter and...