Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 (2026)
Ten years' adverse possession gives title; exceptions
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) Ten (10) years' actual adverse possession by any person claiming to be the owner for that time of any land, uninterruptedly continued for ten (10) years by occupancy, descent, conveyance, or otherwise, in whatever way such occupancy may have commenced or continued, shall vest in every actual occupant or possessor of such land a full and complete title, saving to persons under the disability of minority or unsoundness of mind the right to sue within ten (10) years after the removal of such disability, as provided in Section 15-1-7. However, the saving in favor of persons under disability of unsoundness of mind shall never extend longer than thirty-one (31) years.
- (2) For claims of adverse possession not matured as of July 1, 1998, the provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to a landowner upon whose property a fence or driveway has been built who files with the chancery clerk within the ten (10) years required by this section a written notice that such fence or driveway is built without the permission of the landowner. Failure to file such notice shall not create any inference that property has been adversely possessed. The notice shall be filed in the land records by the chancery clerk and shall describe the property where said fence or driveway is constructed.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 57, art. 6 (3); 1857, ch. 57, art. 3; 1871, § 2149; 1880, § 2668; 1892, § 2734; 1906, § 3094; Hemingway's 1917, § 2458; 1930, § 2287; 1942, § 711; Laws, 1998, ch. 504, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998, and shall apply to claims arising on or after 7/1/1998.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 118
cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: Allen Cronier v. ALR Partners L.P., 248 So. 3d 861 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017).
Allen Cronier v. ALR Partners L.P., 248 So. 3d 861 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). “2001) (citing Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 ). For a successful claim of adverse possession, the plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the possession was: “(1) under claim of ownership; (2) actual or hostile; (3) open, notorious, and visible; (4) continuous and…”
Charles O'Neal v. Tracy Sykes Blalock, 220 So. 3d 234 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 . “[Occasional use of someone else’s property without an enclosure does not pass the test of adverse possession.”
Eddie Orcutt v. Charles Chambliss, 243 So. 3d 757 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018). “Continuous and Uninterrupted for a Period of Ten Years ¶27.”
Buford v. Logue, 832 So. 2d 594 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). “Hathorn, 600 So.2d 963, 966 (Miss.1992). Adverse possession is defined in Miss.”
Rice v. Pritchard, 611 So. 2d 869 (Miss. 1992). “He also found that Rice failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence the elements of adverse possession as required by Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 (1972). On appeal, Rice challenges principally the denial of his adverse possession claim.”
Michael Powell v. Clinton F. Meyer, 203 So. 3d 648 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “Mississippi Code Annotated section 15-1-13(1) (Rev. 2012) defines adverse possession as follows: Ten (10) years’ actual adverse possession by any person claiming to be the owner for that time of any land, uninterruptedly continued for ten (10) years by occupancy, descent,…”
Sylvia Davis Rester v. Greenleaf Resources, Inc., 198 So. 3d 472 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-13(1) (Rev.2012). The Mississippi Supreme Court has established six elements that must be met for a claim of adverse possession: “the property must be.”
Cook v. Robinson, 924 So. 2d 592 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-13(1) (Rev.2003). ¶ 11.”
Scott v. Anderson-Tully Co., 154 So. 3d 910 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). “§ 15-1-13 (1). “[E]xpected disputes associated with the use or ownership of the property are not indicative of the possession not being peaceful.”
Roebuck v. Massey, 741 So. 2d 375 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-13 (Rev.1995). In Blankinship v.”
Johnson v. Black, 469 So. 2d 88 (Miss. 1985). “Gadd effects a reversal of a chancellor's determination that would-be adverse possessors had established the elements of their claim under Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 (1972), and hence Gadd appeals strongly to the Blacks.”
Wicker v. Harvey, 937 So. 2d 983 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-13(1) (Rev.2003). (2) Actual or hostile ¶ 34.”
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Michael Powell v. Clinton F. Meyer, 203 So. 3d 648 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “Mississippi Code Annotated section 15-1-13(1) (Rev. 2012) defines adverse possession as follows: Ten (10) years’ actual adverse possession by any person claiming to be the owner for that time of any land, uninterruptedly continued for ten (10) years by occupancy, descent,…”
Sylvia Davis Rester v. Greenleaf Resources, Inc., 198 So. 3d 472 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-13(1) (Rev.2012). The Mississippi Supreme Court has established six elements that must be met for a claim of adverse possession: “the property must be.”
Eddie Orcutt v. Charles Chambliss, 243 So. 3d 757 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018). “Continuous and Uninterrupted for a Period of Ten Years ¶27.”
Cook v. Robinson, 924 So. 2d 592 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-13(1) (Rev.2003). ¶ 11.”
Allen Cronier v. ALR Partners L.P., 248 So. 3d 861 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). “2001) (citing Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 ). For a successful claim of adverse possession, the plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the possession was: “(1) under claim of ownership; (2) actual or hostile; (3) open, notorious, and visible; (4) continuous and…”
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