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New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section 531 - Adverse Possession, How Affected By Relation Of Landlord And Tenant.

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    § 531.  Adverse  possession, how affected by relation of landlord and
  tenant.  Where the relation of landlord and tenant has  existed  between
  any persons the possession of the tenant is deemed the possession of the
  landlord  until the expiration of ten years after the termination of the
  tenancy; or, where there has been no written lease, until the expiration
  of ten years after the last payment of rent;  notwithstanding  that  the
  tenant  has  acquired  another title or has claimed to hold adversely to
  his landlord.  But  this  presumption  shall  cease  after  the  periods
  prescribed  in  this  section  and such tenant may then commence to hold
  adversely to his landlord.

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