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Re:Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will... by avidiax on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:47PM (#28322505)
My understanding is that the most common use of adverse possession is something like I have a dock on the property line. That dock has been there for 20 years, but my neighbor sells their property and the survey shows the dock is over the line by 6 inches.

By adverse possession, I get that 6 inches of property and don't have to move the dock.

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Re:Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will... by bdowling on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:22PM (#28323963)
> By adverse possession, I get that 6 inches of property and don't have to move the dock.

AP needs to be exclusive. So if you didn't have a fence keeping the neighbor off the dock, then what you'd get is a prescriptive easement. You'd get to keep using your dock where it is, but the neighbor would still have title to the strip of land. There may be some conditions in which the neighbor would get to access the part of the dock on his land.

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