N.Y. RPA Law § 541
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Adverse possession, how affected by relation of tenants in common
Official statutory text
§ 541. Adverse possession, how affected by relation of tenants in\ncommon. Where the relation of tenants in common has existed, the\noccupancy of one tenant, personally or by his servant or by his tenant,\nis deemed to have been the possession of the other, notwithstanding that\nthe tenant so occupying the premises has acquired another title or has\nclaimed to hold adversely to the other. But this presumption shall cease\nafter the expiration of ten years of continuous exclusive occupancy by\nsuch tenant, personally or by his servant or by his tenant, or\nimmediately upon an ouster by one tenant of the other and such occupying\ntenant may then commence to hold adversely to his cotenant.\n
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