LD 860
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LR 1414
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No real or mixed action for the recovery of uncultivated lands
or of any undivided fractional part thereof, situated in any
place incorporated for any purpose, shall may be commenced or
maintained against any person, or entry made thereon on those
lands, when such that person has built a building that mistakenly
lies across the boundary line or when those under whom he the
person claims have, continuously for the 20 years next
immediately prior to the commencement of such action or the
making of such entry, claimed said those lands or said undivided
fractional part thereof under recorded deeds; and have, during
said that 20 years, paid all taxes assessed on said the lands or
on such undivided fractional part thereof, however said that tax
may have been assessed whether on an undivided fractional part of
said the lands or on a certain number of acres thereof equal
approximately to the acreage of said the lands or of said the
fractional part thereof; and have, during said the 20 years, held
such exclusive, peaceable, continuous and adverse possession
thereof as comports with the ordinary management of such lands or
of undivided fractional parts of such lands in this State; and
that land or undivided fractional part of that land is necessary
as a right-of-way or easement to gain access to otherwise
landlocked property.

 
Sec. 3. 14 MRSA §6658 is amended to read:

 
§6658. Action by owners of wild land

 
Any person or persons claiming an estate of freehold in wild
lands or in an interest in common and undivided therein, if the
plaintiff and those under whom he the plaintiff claims has have
for 4 years next immediately prior to the filing of the complaint
held such open, exclusive, peaceable, continuous and adverse
possession thereof as comports with the ordinary management of
wild lands in this State and if that land or undivided fractional
part of that land is necessary as a right-of-way or easement to
gain access to otherwise landlocked property or the person built
a building that mistakenly lies across the boundary line, may
maintain an action to quiet or establish the title thereto or to
remove a cloud from the title thereto, as provided in sections
6655 to 6657.

 
Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §1286, as amended by PL 1981, c. 706, §16, is
further amended to read:

 
§1286. Limitation on recovery of tax sold real estate in

 
unorganized places

 
When the State has taxed real estate in unorganized territory,
and the State Tax Assessor has conveyed it, or part of it, for
nonpayment of tax, by deed purporting to convey the interest of
the State by forfeiture for such nonpayment, or it or a part of
it has been conveyed under authority given by the


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