N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 522

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapters 1-49, 52, and 61-117

Section 522 - Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment

For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in either of the following cases, and no others:

1. Where there have been acts sufficiently open to put a reasonably diligent owner on notice.

2. Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure, except as provided in subdivision one of section five hundred forty-three of this article.

N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 522