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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-103" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Limitations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 20 years from the date the cause of action accrues, a person shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>File an action for recovery of possession of a corporeal freehold or leasehold estate in land; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Enter on the land.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not affect the common-law doctrine of prescription as it applies to the creation of incorporeal interests in land by adverse use.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not affect the periods of limitations set forth in § 6-103 or § 8-107 of the Real Property Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
