Property Ownership

Adverse possession in Alabama requires continuous, open, and hostile use of the property for:

A5 years
B10 years✓ Correct
C20 years
D3 years

Explanation

Alabama's adverse possession statute requires the claimant to possess the land continuously, openly, notoriously, and adversely (hostile to the true owner's claim) under a claim of right for 10 years (or 20 years without color of title in some circumstances).

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