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Adverse possession
Standing alone, the payment of property taxes will not cause you to magically inherit title to real estate. However, in many states, a person may claim title to property through adverse possession, and one element of adverse possession is a requirement that the person claiming title must have paid property taxes for a certain number of years.

Paying taxes will not automatically allow you to claim property.

Adverse Possession

Adverse possession is a historical legal doctrine that allows one person to adversely take title and possession of property previously owned by another person. The theory behind the rule is that the person putting the property to productive use and paying for the taxes and maintenance of the property should become the owner of the property after a certain amount of time expires.
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Adverse possession is a state law rule, so the details range among the various states. In general, claiming title to property through adverse possession requires exclusive and open use or possession of the property, without permission from the record owner, along with proof of payment of property taxes for a certain number of years. State laws vary regarding the amount of time during which a person must possess the property and pay property taxes for the property, with the range falling between seven and 20 years.

Open and Exclusive Use

Claiming title to property through adverse possession requires proof of exclusive use of the property, without permission from the current record owner. This means the adverse claimant must be able to prove that you were the exclusive possessor of the property during the requisite time frame. Additionally, you must show that you are the only person to pay property taxes during that same time frame. If the record title owner also paid property taxes during this time, your adverse possession claim will fail.

Lawsuit Required

In order to claim title to property by adverse possession, you must file a lawsuit in state court. A judge will review your claim to determine whether you have satisfied all of the elements of adverse possession, including the requirement that you were the exclusive person paying property taxes during the required time frame. After reviewing all the evidence, the judge will have discretion whether to issue an order vesting title in your name. Without such a judicial order, you will not become the owner of the property no matter how long you pay the property taxes.

Adverse possession

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Adverse Possession

Adverse possession is a historical legal doctrine that allows one person to adversely take title and possession of property previously owned by another person. The theory behind the rule is that the person putting the property to productive use and paying for the taxes and maintenance of the property should become the owner of the property after a certain amount of time expires

Guam Attorney General

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Home | Office of the Attorney General of Guam – Division Contacts, Phone Numbers, and Email Addresses

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Dial (671) 475-3324 and extension number from below

Ext. #
Name Email

Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson
law
5010
Jacqueline Cruz
jzcruz
5030
Pauline I. Untalan
puntalan
5015
Lisa A. Cruz
lacruz

Criminal Injuries Compensation Commission

5030
Pauline I. Untalan
puntalan
5432 Erica Leon Guerrero eleonguerrero

Federal Grants Section
5431
Jeanette Gomez jmgomez
5430
Lynnette Cruz lmcruz

Finance & Administrative Section
5035
Thomas Paulino
tpaulino
5037
Alpesh "Al" Godhania
agodhania
5645
Danilo Solmirano
dsolmirano
5215 Janett Gozalo jgozalo
5325
Jose Cepeda
jcepeda
5220
Lorena Uncangco
luncangco
5330
Manuel Fejeran
mfejeran
5225 Maureen Guzman mguzman
5335
Nicole Borja
nborja
5715 Tishawna Mendiola tmendiola
5039
Toni R. Roque
trroque

Human Resources Section
5105
Tony Aguon
tcaguon
5115
Alice Agulto
aagulto
5120
Jennifer Garrido
jgarrido

Information Technology Section

5543 Peter Leon Guerrero pleonguerrero
5540 Lorino Osalla losalla
5542 Vince Taitingfong vtaitingfong
5541 William Zayas wzayas

Public Information
5020
Carlina Charfauros ccharfauros
Fax Line: 477-4703

or mail to:

Office of the Attorney General Office of Guam
Adminstrative Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Administration Division, Suite 901
VICTIM SERVICE CENTER (VSC)
Dial (671) 475-3324 and extension number
Point of Contact: Nicole Santos ext. 6045
Ext. # Name Email
6055 Benny Russell Campos III bcampos
6040 Connie Merei cmerei
6025 Gabrielle Williams gwilliams
6010 Jesse McCarrel jmccarrel
6015 Joann Augustine jaugustine
6050 Lorraine Rivera lrivera
6035 Lucil ‘Cil’ Guerrero lguerrero
6055 Nelsina Mori nmori
6045 Nicole Santos nsantos
6020 Raffaele Sgambelluri rsgambelluri
6030 RoshJay ‘Jay’ Mantanona rmantanona
Fax Line: 477-3354

or mail to:
Office Attorney General Office of Guam
Administration Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Administration Division – Victim Service Center, Suite 230
NOTARY UNIT
Dial (671) 475-3324 and extension number
Ext. # Name Email
3770
Jay Fejeran
jfejeran
Fax Line: 477-4703
or mail to:
Office Attorney General Office of Guam
Administration Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Administration Division – Notary Unit, Suite 901
FAMILY
Dial (671) 475-3406 and extension number
Point of Contact: Therese Duenas ext. 2625
Ext. # Name Email
4050
Brandon Terlaje
bcterlaje
4010 Carol Hinkle-Sanchez csanchez
4045 Christina "Tina" Martinez cmartinez
4025 Dominic Terlaje dterlaje
4089 Donald San Agustin dsanagustin
4030 Renita Taimanao-Munoz rtmunoz
4015 Eliseo Florig eflorig
4082 Erlinda Blas eblas
4040 Julie Salas jgsalas
4020 Tom Parker tparker
4035 Yvonne Arceo yarceo
Fax Line: 475-3343

or mail to:
Office Attorney General Office of Guam
Family Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 701
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Family Division, Suite 701
LITIGATION
Dial (671) 475-3324 and extension number
Solicitors/Litigation Reception Desk ext. 3625
Point of Contact: Charlene Cruz ext. 3225
Ext. # Name Email
3765
Alisa Munoz
amunoz
2115 Brenda Aguon baguon
3445 Bryan Cruz bcruz
3225 Charlene Cruz ccruz
3015 Duane Sablan djsablan
3040 David Highsmith dhighsmith
3450 Felix Manglona fmanglona
3220 Gabriela ‘Gabi’ Rippel grippel
3775 Gary Borja gcborja
3035 Kathy ‘Kat’ Fokas kfokas
3075 Kenneth Orcutt korcutt
3130 Matilda "Tillie" Takao mtakao
3099 Marianne Woloschuk mwoloschuk
3775 Meilani Quintanilla mquintanilla
3055 Monty May mrmay
3134 Raena San Nicolas rsannicolas
3085 Roberta ‘Happy’ Rons hrons
3132 Waltina "Tina" Nauta wnauta
3125 Zerlyn Leon Guerrero zvelez
Fax Line: 472-2493

or mail to:
Office Attorney General Office of Guam
Litigation Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 802
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Litigation Division, Suite 802
SOLICITORS
Dial (671) 475-3324 and extension number
Solicitors/Litigation Reception Desk ext. 3625
Point of Contact: Maria A. Blas ext. 3660
Ext. # Name Email
3235
Celine Taitague
ctaitague
3020 David Rivera david.rivera
3030 Janice Camacho jcamacho
3033 Jessica Toft jtoft
2070 Jonathan Quan jquan
2130 Josette Guzman jguzman
3097 Karl Espaldon kespaldon
Kristan Finney kfinney
3025 Debra Lefing dlefing
3065 Laura Mooney lmooney
3245 Linda Hernandez lhernandez
3660 Maria Anna Blas mblas
3115 Marie L. Cruz mlcruz
3555 Matthew Wolff mwolff
Nick Toft ntoft
3095 Robert ‘Rob’ Weinberg rweinberg
3045 Sam Taylor staylor
3090 Shannon Taitano staitano
Tom Keeler tkeeler
Fax Line: 472-2493

or mail to:
Office Attorney General Office of Guam
Solicitors Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Solicitors Division, Suite 802
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Dial (671) 475-3324 and extension number
Point of Contact: Joelyna San Agustin ext. 3255
Ext. # Name Email
3320
Bernie Alvarez
balvarez
3250 Emmajean Lamb elamb
3070 Fred Nishihira fnishihira
3210 Hannah Pangelinan hpangelinan
3255 Joelyna San Agustin jsanagustin
3071 Marinna Julian-Perez mnjulian
Fax Line: 472-2493

or mail to:
Office Attorney General Office of Guam
Consumer Protection Division
590 S. Marine Corps Drive, Suite 901
Tamuning, Guam 96913

Physical location: Consumer Protection Division, Suite 210
PROSECUTION
Dial (671) 475-3406 and extension number
Point of Contact: Therese Duenas ext. 2625
*** – Unlisted information – Contact Therese Duenas ext. 2625
Ext. # Name Email
2125
Allan Valenzuela
avalenzuela
2260 Albert Manley amanley
2210 Anthony Blas ablas
2280 Anthony "AV" Camacho avcamacho
*** Basil O’Mallan bomallan
2089 Brendlynn O. Joseph bjoseph
*** Brycen Breazeale bbreazeale
*** Charles Kinnunen ckinnunen
*** Christine Tenorio ctenorio
2245 Danny "DJ" Gonzales djgonzales
2075 Debra Ann Retuyan dretuyan
2135 Elisa Taleu etaleu
2535 Eloise Bejosano ebejosano
2510 Emerita "Meng" Pinaula eescrupulo
2285 Frank R. Santos fsantos
2255 Freneil "Neil" Macalma fmacalma
2140 Geraldine Pangelinan gpangelinan
2063 Gina Marie Pangelinan gmpangelinan
2160 Ivy Yen iyen
*** James Collins jcollins
2235 Jason "JV" Lujan jvlujan
2555 Jeanette Peckich jfpeckich
*** Jeremiah Luther jluther
*** Jeremy Kemper jkemper
2385 Jericho Santos jsantos
2145 Jermaine "Bianca" De Soto Jdesoto
2250 Jerome Lorenzo jlorenzo
2430 Joleen Cruz jgcruz
*** Joseph McDonald jmcdonald
*** Joseph Nwoga jnwoga
*** Joseph Perez jperez
2560 Joyce Rosario jrosario
2435 Joyce Siguenza jsiguenza
2265 Juan Salas jsalas
2570 Juliet Erese jferese
2420 Keith Aguero kaguero
2575 Lynette Flores lflores
*** Matthew Heibel msheibel