Adverse abandonment
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A petition for adverse abandonment is filed by a party other than the owner of a railroad asking a court or a state board to declare the land abandoned by the railroad.[citation needed] Most railroad rights of way are held in easement, so that the land must revert to the original owners if the tracks are removed.[citation needed]
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