§ 511 — Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment

New York § 511

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law RPA: Real Property Actions & Proceedings
• Art. 5: Adverse Possession

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§ 511. Adverse possession under written instrument or judgment. Where\nthe occupant or those under whom the occupant claims entered into the\npossession of the premises under claim of right, exclusive of any other\nright, founding the claim upon a written instrument, as being a\nconveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment\nof a competent court, and there has been a continued occupation and\npossession of the premises included in the instrument, decree or\njudgment, or of some part thereof, for ten years, under the same claim,\nthe premises so included are deemed to have been held adversely; except\nthat when they consist of a tract divided into lots, the possession of\none lot is not deemed a possession of any other lot.\n