NCSS- SW Piedmont Chapter Partnership

Registration begins at 7:30 am and class concludes at 5:00 pm.  Breakfast and lunch are included.

Topic: Adverse Possession and Acquiescence

This session begins with relevant historical background and moves on to current state-specific definitions for the elements of adverse possession. Specific topics include the timeline of title transfer; tacking; claims against or by the state; conflicting adverse claims; rules for interruption of a claim; champerty; effect of a survey on a prescriptive claim.

The seminar also considers the lost grant theory and its influence on current rules for adverse claims of fee and prescriptive easement law. The first session will be followed by a discussion of the origins of acquiescence, its many definitions, and the relationship between acquiescence and other unwritten rights. The primary focus of the class will be on North Carolina, but examples are included from adjoining states for contrast and comparison.