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To establish title to real property in Maryland one must prove actual possession of the property for a statutory period of at least 20 years, and the possession must be open (not secret), notorius (open to the world), hostile to the interest of the holder of the paper title holder, exclusive to the adverse possessor and under claim of title, it must be a continuous, unimterrupted, it must be continuous by the same person or may be tacked with more than one persons adverse possession to reach the 20 year period after which one may file a suit to gain paper title and make the title marketable. The entire concept differs from the Roman law under which paper title can not be adversely overthrown. While Britain was under Roman occupation the Roman law obtained- THEN CAME THE SAXONS! When this happened the Saxon ideas prevailed and and squatting or sitting on the land for a period of time became a way to become owner- The Saxons did not deal with the niceties of paper title - they chose to PROTECT POSSESSION. the concept is embedded in the German language where BESITZ is the word for possession...Charles P. Thompson

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Adverse possession is the possession against the will of the rightful owner to the complete exclusion of the owner. The amount of time a claimant must live on the property in West Virginia is ten years.

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Please see: http://www.lgc.state.pa.us/deskbook06/Issues_Private_Property_Issues_03_Title_by_Adverse_Possession.pdf

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