Re: Transitioning from oral to written agreement

Re: Transitioning from oral to written agreement by j_dumas (MA) on May 14, 2012 @17:25

I am surprised whenever I find out that a landlord does an oral agreement. I have heard that if a tenant lives at a location long enough, he or she may have some entitlement to living there that builds up over time. Yikes!

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Re: Transitioning from oral to written agreement by Anonymous on May 15, 2012 @00:48	[ Reply ]

You are referring to adverse possession laws, and the fact that there is an agreement between the owner and the tenant (whether written or verbal) nullifies any claim to adverse possession, which must, by definition, be adverse. If owner agrees, there is no adversity, therefore no possession which could lead to ownership.