Maine Statutes
§ 14 §815 — Forty years' possession bars action for recovery of land
Maine § 14 §815
JurisdictionMaine
Title 14COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Ch. 205LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 14 §815 (2026).
Text
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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Maine § 14 §815, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/14%20%C2%A7815.