North Dakota § 28-01-08 Adverse possession when based upon written instrument

North Dakota Statutes

§ 28-01-08 — Adverse possession when based upon written instrument

North Dakota § 28-01-08

Title 28Judicial Procedure, Civil

Ch. 28-01Time for Commencing Actions

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N.D. Cent. Code § 28-01-08 (2026).

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Whenever it appears that the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, entered
into the possession of premises under a claim of title exclusive of any other right, founding such
claim upon a written instrument as being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the
decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and
possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree or judgment, or of some part of
such premises, under such claim for twenty years, the premises so included must be deemed to
have been held adversely.

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Whenever it appears that the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, entered
into the possession of premises under a claim of title exclusive of any other right, founding such
claim upon a written instrument as being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the
decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and
possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree or judgment, or of some part of
such premises, under such claim for twenty years, the premises so included must be deemed to
have been held adversely.