Maryland Quiet Title Attorneys &
Maryland Adverse Possession Attorneys
In Maryland, Quiet Title is the term for a property lawsuit under Maryland’s adverse possession law where a party can obtain legal possession of another party’s real property through very specific types of actual possession of the title’s party’s property. This Maryland quiet title law is codified in the Maryland Code under the Real Property Article § 14-108. Specifically, Maryland’s Court of Appeals has ruled that a person seeking to adversely possess a property by quiet title (and through adverse possession) is required to show that for a period of 20 years, “such possession was actual, notorious, exclusive, hostile, under claim of title or ownership, and continuous or uninterrupted.” (See Gore v. Hall). Maryland’s legislative has also confided an adverse possession law through Maryland’s statute of limitations code section in Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article § 5-103 which prevents a property owner from suing a party in possession of the land to re-possess the property after 20 years.
In Maryland, Adverse Possession is the legal term whereby an individual (who is not the true titled owner of the particular real property) can obtain a valid title to that possessed property by the passage of time through their possession of the property over that time. Often adverse possession matters involve property line disputes between neighbors and can involve a party seeking a quiet title action against their neighbor. However, establishing adverse possession in Maryland is not easy.
Longman & Van Grack regularly handles Maryland lawsuits regarding quiet title, adverse possession, property disputes, property boundary disputes, and fence disputes in Maryland. Our attorneys have addressed quiet title and adverse possession issues in Rockville, Bethesda, Potomac, Silver Spring, Baltimore, Frederick, and many other Maryland cities and towns. Quiet title actions, adverse possession matters, and Maryland property boundary legal disputes usually involve neighbors questioning the actual and boundaries of their properties. In Maryland, adverse possession, quiet title, and property boundary disputes usually involve a party attempting to obtain proof of their true properties lines or a quiet title lawsuit regarding whether a new owner of the property exists as a result of Maryland’s adverse possession law. In Maryland, there are specific quiet title laws and adverse possession laws allow a non-owner property possessor in Maryland to take full legal possession of a particular section of property which was not originally owned by property possessor.
Maryland has passed two different types of adverse possession laws in the Maryland Code — both of which are enforced by the Maryland Circuit Court (such as the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville) and Maryland Courts of Appeal. Additionally, Maryland courts have made specific rulings about how a party can establish quiet title and adverse possession. In one example, First, as one example, the Maryland Court of Appeals has stated that in order to establish quiet title by adverse possession of a specific property the party seeking quiet title is require to show actual possession of the claimed property for the “statutory period of 20 years” and the possession is required to “be actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, under claim of title or ownership, and continuous or uninterrupted.” (See Costello v. Staubitz). Essentially, in Maryland, quiet title and adverse possession are legal terms for actions by which an individual who has possessed a property can use the Maryland courts to retain or officially take title to their possession of a particular property. Our attorneys have seen these types of property disputes throughout Maryland, including in Montgomery County, Rockville, Bethesda, Potomac, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Frederick, Chevy Chase, Baltimore, and Howard County.
Longman & Van Grack’s Maryland adverse possession attorneys and Maryland quiet title attorneys assist individuals faced with these property disputes as to their true legal rights. Our Maryland adverse possession lawyers regularly meet with clients in either of our Bethesda, Maryland and Rockville, Maryland Offices. The Maryland property dispute attorneys and Maryland litigation attorneys at Longman & Van Grack regularly work with individuals and businesses regarding all types of Maryland property legal disputes, including adverse possession, Maryland quiet title, property boundary disputes, and fence lawsuits. Our Maryland property lawyers have the experience to address all types of Maryland real property disputes in court and out of court. Longman & Van Grack’s Maryland property attorneys and Maryland adverse possession lawyers have experience addressing Maryland quiet title matters and Maryland adverse possession lawsuits in Montgomery County Circuit Court (Rockville, MD), Howard County Circuit Court (located in Ellicott City, MD), Prince George’s County Circuit Court (Upper Marlboro, MD), Frederick County Circuit Court (Frederick, MD), and Baltimore County Circuit Court (Towson, MD). If you are an individual involved in a property lawsuit, neighbor dispute, tree dispute, or adverse possession dispute, call Adam Van Grack or one of Longman & Van Grack’s other quiet title attorneys and adverse possession lawyers today at (301) 291-5027 to schedule a consultation at our Maryland (Rockville and Bethesda) Offices.
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