Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Maryland

Re: Adverse Possession

The answer is "maybe"!. There are several elements to an "adverse possession" action. One of them is that you hold out to the world "notoriiously" that you actually own the land that you are trying to claim adverse possession of. Given your comment that you tried to purchase the land within the past 10 years, that doesn't sound like a good fact for claiming that you have acted as if you own the land. It sounds as if you have acted as if you don't own the land and have sought to purchase it.

So, that could be a problem. On the other hand, you may have other facts that could overcome that. For example, it could be that you held out to the world that you owned the land by having fenced it in for 50 years and barred others from using it, by talking to others as if the entire parcel including the "street" was your own, and that your discussions with the county were mere selttmenet discussions designed to resolve an issue of ownership.

Additionally, there may be other ways to establish "presriptive" rights in the property.

Give me a call if you'd like to chat a bit more ..i'd be happy tospend a few mintues on the phone with you.

Larry