§ 18-60-404 - Restriction on right to partition for certain purchasers of land.
18-60-404. Restriction on right to partition for certain purchasers of land.
(a) (1) When an undivided interest in a parcel of land containing at least ten (10) acres is purchased after June 28, 1985, by a stranger to the title, the purchaser shall not have a cause of action to partition the land until the expiration of three (3) years after the date of purchase.
(2) However, any person or group of persons or entities which individually or in combination own fifty percent (50%) or more of the parcel may at any time institute a cause of action to partition the land.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "stranger to the title" means a person who purchases an undivided interest in property and who is not related in the fourth degree of consanguinity to any other owner of such property.