Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania
I have been living on my grandparents land for 22 plus years. Is there still "squatters rights" or could I use the adverse possession laws?
Asked on 6/27/12, 2:46 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Presumably, you have been living on the land with the permission of your grandparents or the landowner. If that is the case, you do not get "squatter's rights." To avail yourself of such rights, your possession/occupancy of the land must be "open, adverse, hostile, continuous, notorious, exclusive and visible." In other words, it cannot be with permission and it has to be open and obvious to anyone that you are living there.
Why don't you just ask your grandparents to deed you the portion of the land on which you are living?
Answered on 6/28/12, 12:24 pm