
Requirement does not comport with the idea that adverse possession isĭesigned to assure the landowner's diligence. Who had been in some sort of legal relationship with the true owner-an However, the statute will have the greatest impact on adverse claimants Landowners who cannot keep close watch on encroaching neighbors. The intended beneficiaries of the statute are large rural

This CommentĮxamines the relevancy of an adverse claimant's belief in In 1989, the Oregon legislature added a stringentīelief-in-ownership requirement to adverse possession law.
