Maine Statutes
§ 14 §815 — Forty years' possession bars action for recovery of land
Maine·Title 14 COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL·Part 2 PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL·Ch. 205 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
No real or mixed action for the recovery of lands shall be commenced or maintained against any person in possession thereof, when such person or those under whom he claims have been in actual possession for more than 40 years, claiming to hold them by adverse, open, peaceable, notorious and exclusive possession, in their own right.
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Nearby Sections
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§ 14 §8001
Short title§ 14 §8002
Definition§ 14 §8003
Filing and status of foreign judgments§ 14 §8004
Notice of filing§ 14 §8005
Stay§ 14 §8006
Fees§ 14 §8007
Optional procedure§ 14 §8008
Uniformity of interpretation§ 14 §802
Right begins to run§ 14 §803
Right deemed to accrue§ 14 §804
Entry for condition broken§ 14 §805
Accrual of right of entry§ 14 §807
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