No action for the recovery or possession of real property, or the issues and profits thereof, shall be maintained when the person in possession thereof, or defendant in the action, or those under whom he claims, has possessed the property under known and visible lines and boundaries adversely to all other persons for 20 years; and such possession so held gives a title in fee to the possessor, in such property, against all persons not under disability.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-40
Twenty years adverse possession
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 224 Conn. App. 66 - Supronowicz v. Eaton (2024)
Most recently applied in 224 Conn. App. 66 - Supronowicz v. Eaton (March 2024)
C.C.P., s. 23; Code, s. 144; Rev., s. 384; C.S., s. 430.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.