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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 81
Real Property Actions & Proceedings
ARTICLE 5
Adverse Possession
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Adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment
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SECTION 522
Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment
Real Property Actions & Proceedings (RPA) CHAPTER 81, ARTICLE 5
§ 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.