Re: Adverse Possession under Hostile Circumstances.

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Hollan

What are proposing? Paying back taxes grants you Adverse
possession? If so I doubt it. At common law NO You must
physcally possess the property. As it looks these 4 other
adjoining property owners might have more right to use Adverse
Possession

Res Ipsa Loquitur

On 9/19/07, William Holland wrote:
> On 7/16/07, Duane wrote:
>> Mr. Payne, I'm attempting to clear up some old family
>> business in Virginia. This particular situation deals with
>> real property belonging to my Great-Grandfather's Estate
>> when he died in 1962. His daughter, my great aunt held the
>> property in trust as Administratix of his estate. She
>> wrote us a letter, stating she was paying the property
>> taxes on the land and could get clear title in 1971 then
>> would have the property surveyed and divided equally in to
>> 2 parcels. 1 for her and 1 for us. That never happened.
>> She died in Aug. 1975 and her husband, my great uncle
>> stopped paying the property taxes.
>>
>> Because of local Court Documents linking us to(a Chancery
>> suit that was file in 1963 by the other heirs of his
>> estate which included this property), the local County
>> Attorney contacted us in 2007 and notified us the property
>> was to be sold for back taxes.
>>
>> We were informed that NO TAXES had been paid for the last
>> 32 years. Being shocked and angry with this information,
>> we ended up paying the outstanding back property taxes,
>> including penalties and foreclosure costs, to protect our
>> interests in the property.
>>
>> We were informed by one of the County Attorney's, that
>> because we have paid the taxes for over 25 years, we could
>> pursue getting a clear DEED by filing for Adverse
>> Possession under hostile circumstances here in VA. The
>> property is vacant land but does have a private lane that
>> 4 other adjoining properties use as access into their
>> lots.
>>
>> My Question is; Is there such a Virginia Statue for
>> claiming "Adverse Poessession Under Hostile
>> Circumstances"? If so, where could I find it and
>> supporting case laws to investigate this further.
>>
>> Thanks