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1HB0123
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0123
Adverse possession-property tax payment defense.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Neiman, Allemand, Andrew,
Banks, Bratten, Clouston, Haroldson, Heiner
and Wharff and Senator(s) Biteman, Boner,
Hutchings and Steinmetz
A BILL
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1 AN ACT relating to civil procedure; specifying that the
2 time period for a cause of action for adverse possession
3 does not run during periods when the property owner has
4 paid all property taxes; specifying the process for the
5 payment of legal fees in a claim for adverse possession;
6 specifying applicability; and providing for an effective
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11W.S. 1-3-103 is amended to read:
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2HB01231 An action for the recovery of the title or
2 possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments can only be
3 brought within ten (10) years after the cause of such
4 action accrues.
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21 This act shall apply to any civil action
22 for adverse possession accruing on and after July 1, 2025.
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3HB01231. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
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