§801. Rights of entry and action barred in 20 years
No person shall commence any real or mixed action for the recovery of lands, or make an entry thereon, unless within 20 years after the right to do so first accrued, or unless within 20 years after he or those under whom he claims were seized or possessed of the premises, except as provided in this subchapter.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
14 §801. Rights of entry and action barred in 20 years
14 §803. Right deemed to accrue
14 §804. Entry for condition broken
14 §805. Accrual of right of entry
14 §806. Action by minister or sole corporation
14 §807. Minors and other disabled persons
14 §808. Death during period of disability
14 §809. Death of tenant in tail or remainderman before end of limitation
14 §810. Type of possession; need for enclosure
14 §810-A. Mistake of boundary line
14 §811. Failure of first action; effect on limitations
14 §812. Acquisition of rights-of-way and easements by adverse possession; notice to prevent
14 §812-A. Dedication of land in the unorganized territory to public use; notice to prevent
14 §812-B. Recording requirements
14 §813. Adverse obstruction on rights-of-way; interruption by notice
14 §814. Trespass on wild lands; notice to quit; record; private roads in unorganized territory
14 §815. Forty years' possession bars action for recovery of land
14 §816. Limitations of actions for uncultivated lands in incorporated places
14 §817. Limitation of actions for breach of covenants; vested interest in 6-year limitations period