Can I Get Ownership to a NOVA SCOTIA Property through Squatter’s Rights in Nova Scotia if the Owner Game me Permission Years Ago?

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Can I Get Ownership to a NOVA SCOTIA Property through Squatter’s Rights in Nova Scotia if the Owner Game me Permission Years Ago?

Squatter’s Rights is the concept that if you openly adversely possession someone else’s land continuously for the required length of time (usually 20 year for privately owned land, 40 years for Crown land), that you can apply to the court for an order declaring that you have become the legal owner of that land. The idea is that a land owner can’t sit back for decades and do nothing and then come out of the woodwork and demand their land back.

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Enforce Promises with Respect to Land in Nova Scotia with Proprietary Estoppel

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Enforce Promises with Respect to Land in Nova Scotia with Proprietary Estoppel

In Nova Scotia if there is a dispute over the ownership of, or rights to the use of, land, the starting point is the Statute of Frauds. The Statute of Frauds recognizes that land ownership is so valuable, ownership can only be transferred in writing. The goal is to avoid confusion as to ownership rights to land.

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How to Make an Adverse Possession Claim in Nova Scotia

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How to Make an Adverse Possession Claim in Nova Scotia

When you make an Adverse Possession Claim that means you are saying that you believe you should now be the legal owner of a particular piece of land, replacing the person whose name is currently on the deed. The first step is determining whether you meet all the requirements. In general, you must have possessed the land for a period of 20 years in a manner that is open, continuous, notorious, adverse, and exclusive. For more details on this criteria read our blog “Squatters Rights and Adverse Possession”. If you believe you meet all theses criteria then you are in a position to make a claim

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Squatters Rights and Adverse Possession in Nova Scotia

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Squatters Rights and Adverse Possession in Nova Scotia

You’ve been using a piece of land in Nova Scotia that you know is not your own for years and you’re wondering how to get legal title to this land. People commonly refer to this area of law as squatters’ rights, lawyers call it “adverse possession”. In simple terms, in order to have any legal right to someone else’s land you must have used the land in an open, notorious, exclusive, and adverse manner for 20 years.

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