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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, how affected by relation of tenants in common
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SECTION 531
Adverse possession, how affected by relation of landlord and tenant
Real Property Actions & Proceedings (RPA) CHAPTER 81, ARTICLE 5
§ 531. Adverse possession, how affected by relation of landlord and
tenant. Where the relation of landlord and tenant has existed, the
possession of the tenant is deemed the possession of the landlord until
the expiration of ten years after the termination of the tenancy; or,
where there has been no written lease, until the expiration of ten years
after the last payment of rent; notwithstanding that the tenant has
acquired another title or has claimed to hold adversely to his landlord.
But this presumption shall cease after the periods prescribed in this
section and such tenant may then commence to hold adversely to his
landlord.