Establishes a five-year limitation for actions to recover property based on recorded deeds and tax payments.
Establishes a five-year limitation for actions to recover property based on recorded deeds and tax payments. A person claiming ownership of property based on a recorded deed and having paid taxes for at least five years is deemed the lawful owner. This limitation does not apply to claims based on forged deeds. The bill also sets a ten-year limitation for actions to recover land from a person in peaceable and adverse possession. The peaceable and adverse possession shall not exceed one hundred sixty acres.
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