Adverse Possession (Squatters' Rights)

1. Adverse possession defined & the five elements to prove it
2. Basics of the Doctrine of Adverse Possession
3. 10 years is the Missouri "continuous possession" requirement (Chapter 516.010)
4. Trespass, Adverse Possession, and Easements
5. Trespassers who stay:  Get rid of them or else face the prospect of adverse possession or prescription
6. Is "intention to swipe someone's land" a required element?  (no)
7. Whose land is this?
8. Justifications for Adverse Possession
9. Fences and Adverse Possession
10. Surveyor's Perspective on Existing Fences and Adverse Possession (pdf)
11. Indiana and Adverse Possession

Prescription:  Easements via "adverse use"

1. Prescription Easements

Road Abandonment

1. Public road (county) abandonment in Missouri
2. How does the county go about indicating its intent to abandon a county road?
3. Roads legally established, when--deemed abandoned, when.
   Missouri Statutes, Chapter 228.190. All roads in this state that have been established by any order of the county commission, and have been used as public highways for a period of ten years or more, shall be deemed legally established public roads; and all roads that have been used as such by the public for ten years continuously, and upon which there shall have been expended public money or labor for such period, shall be deemed legally established roads; and nonuse by the public for five years continuously of any public road shall be deemed an abandonment and vacation of the same.
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