Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

need to know

there is a right away beside my house

and someone told me i could get that

right away by the abandon law need

information please ive took care of the

right away for as long as i can

remember thanks.


Asked on 11/23/08, 10:35 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: need to know

The last time that I checked, the requirement to

acquire valid title to land in the Commonwealth under adverse possession was 15 years.

And this strip of land which you refer to as a "right of way" may actually be fully deeded to another who, perhaps, allowed for permissive use

of this property even before you began tending it.

And, consequently, I would doubt the reliability

of this someone who suggested that, perhaps, you might acquire valid title to it as abandoned property.

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Answered on 11/24/08, 12:21 am


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