N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law Section 522
Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment

For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in either of the following cases, and no others:

1.

Where there have been acts sufficiently open to put a reasonably diligent owner on notice.

2.

Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure, except as provided in subdivision one of § 543 (Adverse possession)section five hundred forty-three of this article.

Source: Section 522 — Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument or judgment, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RPA/522 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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