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Surprised to hear about the 20 year period. A few years ago my parents were involved in a land ownership issue that affected 5 different people. Basically the state had rerouted a road 30+ years prior. There were three houses in which the road was moved further away and thus made the front yards bigger. These people had mowed and maintained this area since the work was done and all people were under the impression the lands were surveyed and officially transferred between the different properties. This area of the front yards used to be adjoining land to the farm across the street. The farm had been owned by the same people for 50 years, including when the road work was performed, but when sold it was surveyed. This is when they found that the land had never been officially/legally transferred therefore part of these house's front yards were owned by the farm across the street.
There was never any legal action taken regarding the 20 year rule...but that may also be just because nobody knew about it. Fortunately everything was settled with minimal issues. The farm owner agreed to give the land back to the home owner's as long as they paid to have the parcels surveyed and officially tranferred.
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