# Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012, Section 87: Acquisition from representative of disponer without valid title


(1) Section 86 also applies where a person (“P”), who is not entered in the proprietorship section of the title sheet as proprietor but who would have power to dispone the land—
(a) were A the proprietor, or
(b) (where A has died) had A been the proprietor,
purports to dispone it.
(2) For the purposes of section 86, possession of the plot of land by P is to be treated as if it were possession of the land by A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/5/section/87 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-etc-scotland-act-2012/section-87
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