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A Driveway Dilemma: Understanding Prescriptive Easements
Question: We have lived in a rural area of Buckeye for more than 20 years. We want to sell our home and get a condominium in Mesa to be closer to our two boys. Our Realtor said that we needed a survey. The survey showed that our driveway to the main highway crosses over our…
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Adverse Possession vs. Prescriptive Easement and Defenses Adverse possession of real property owned by another person generally requires open, continuous, and exclusive possession for more than ten years. The public policy is that, if someone other than the owner has exclusive use of real property for more than ten years, the owner of that…
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