Tennessee § 28-2-105 - Adverse possession — Assurance of title.

§ 28-2-105. Adverse possession — Assurance of title.

Any person holding any real estate or land of any kind or any legal or equitable interest therein, and such person and those through whom such person claims having been in adverse possession of same for seven (7) years, where the real estate is held and claimed by such person or those through whom such person claims by a conveyance, devise, grant, a decree of a court of record, or other assurance of title purporting to convey an estate in fee, and such conveyance, devise, grant, or other assurance of title, has been recorded in the register's office of the county in which the land lies for a period of thirty (30) years or more or such decree entered on the minutes of such court for a period of thirty (30) years or more, is vested with an absolute and indefeasible title to such real estate or interest therein. Acts 1923, ch. 90, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 4460a1; Code 1932, § 8586; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-205. Cross-References. Adverse possession generally, §§ 28-2-101 — 28-2-103 . Presumption as to deed registered for 20 years, § 66-26-106 . Presumption as to deeds by attorney after 20 years' registration, §§ 66-26-108 , 66-26-109 . Presumption as to subscription after 30 years' registration, § 66-26-107 . Statute not suspended by disability, § 28-1-107 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Adverse Possession, §§ 3, 14, 29, 30, 51, 56, 57, 63. Law Reviews. Adverse Possession Against Tenants in Common in Tennessee (Eston Wycliffe Orr), 37 Tenn. L. Rev. 776. Adverse Possession and the Presumption of Title (R.D. Cox), 11 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1. Champerty as We Know It (R.D. Cox), 13 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 139 (1983). Survey of Tennessee Property Law, IV. Transfers of Land (Beverly A. Rowlett), 48 Tenn. L. Rev. 72. The Tennessee Recording System (Toxey H. Sewell), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 1 (1982).