78B-2-205. Seizure or possession within seven years -- Proviso -- Tax title.
(1) An action for the recovery or possession of real property may not be maintained,
unless the plaintiff or his predecessor owned or possessed the property within seven years before
the commencement of the action.
(2) Actions or defenses brought to recover, take possession of, quiet title, or determine
the ownership of real property against the holder of a tax title to the property, may not be
commenced more than four years after the date of the tax deed, conveyance, or transfer creating
the tax title unless the person commencing the action or defense or his predecessor has actually
occupied or been in possession of the property within four years prior to the commencement of
the action or defense.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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