Property ownership can feel straightforward until you learn that someone might gain legal rights to a part of your land ...

Adverse Possession—Easement by Prescription—Easement by Estoppel—Easement In Gross and Easement Appurtenant—Plaintiffs’ ...

M elanie’s next-door neighbors just sold their home, and she learned that the new owners were property flippers when they ...

Following the South Carolina House’s passage as of October 2025 of H.3387—legislation proposing an expedited judicial procedure for removing alleged unlawful occupants, which has passed the South ...

Question: We have lived in our Peoria home seven years. There has never been a fence or even rocks to mark the boundary line for our backyard. When we moved into this home our neighbor’s swing set was ...

The North Fork Stillaguamish River in Washington, the namesake of the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians. (Walter Siegmund/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) (CN) — The Washington Supreme Court on ...

In part, the way the West was won was by the employment of the device of adverse possession. Adverse possession is a method of acquiring legal title to real property simply by possessing it for some ...

This summer, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills that could streamline the process of removing unwanted individuals from a person's home, also known as squatters. Data on the scope of squatting is ...

A civil lawsuit filed in July 2022 returned for a second time to the Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel heard oral arguments. This map filed as part of a civil lawsuit over the sale of land for use ...

Once again, cottage season is upon us—and like the return of the season, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) has returned to the well-settled law of adverse possession, which continues to ...

I just found out my uncle’s house is in foreclosure for unpaid taxes. He passed away in Texas two and a half years ago, and he didn’t have a will. He owned his home outright, but the unpaid property ...

When a neighbor’s fence, tree, driveway, or even a garage starts creeping onto your property, it’s more than just an eyesore. It’s called a property encroachment, and it can lead to costly legal ...