Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Minnesota
HI:I Have a question on squatters rights in minnesota, My parents purchased a home and land in a city in 1969. Parallel to their property is a driveway, we maintained that lawn and plant trees adjacent to the driveway of the neighbors. We never had an issue with the driveway they used it we considered it their property. Recently my son purchased the home and adjacent lot to the driveway, now the son of the property owner (driveway) claims he owns the land some 15-20 feet into my son's yard. The current landowner of the property with the driveway recently had it surveyed and he told my son the previous owner who now lives on the opposite side of the driveway from my son (causing all the stink) only owns 3 feet of property on my son's lot adjacent to the driveway. My son would like to put up a fence to keep this pest from attempting to mow lawn (which he never did before when my parents owned it) As I understand the law when a party maintains mows the lawn and planted trees (they are over 12' tall now), that property is considered to belong to the party which maintained it. Isn't their a law in place that states this after like a seven year period it becomes our property.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Maintaining a lawn or planting trees does not mean the land on which the mantenance occurs is owned by that person. In fact, to claim an interest in land, a legal action must be commenced seeking to quiet title based on a claim of adverse possession. Adverse possession requires that he land was occupied continuously and in an open and notorious fashion for a period of not less than fiftee (15) years.
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